God as character - creating
When our God is pulling us into that which is not yet - and the not yet is just
as it says 'not yet' - we move forward with just a sketch of who we can be. It is
not a completely drawn picture. If it was, we would be stuck within a world we can
see and a world we already know. But God is always creating something new - even
within the bounds of what we considered the way things have to be. When this kind
of creativity is at work, we no longer stay within those bounds. We are pulled out
into the 'not yet' in a way that makes us become someone a bit out of line with
who we have been. That someone - that me - that you - will begin to display the
character of God's Reign. That is the 'not yet' that is waiting for us. As we move
on down the road we each have opportunities to take on the light and the life that
we historically know as the Reign of God. We know stories that spell out that character.
We are now given the opportunity to take on that character even as it is not our
usual way to carry on. That means today is fresh for us to enter and step into
the character of God's Reign and resist some of the ways of our lives that move
us so quickly - without thinking - into the character of what has been.
O God of love and new life, begin again to day to help us unveil a new work of art
that is the life you hand us as we venture into your reigning life and power. Amen.
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