This week: God as radical revelation. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com [mailto:adebelak@redeemerluth.com]As much as I am able to 'go with the flow', I usually have some sort of an agenda.
I'd like things to go in a way that I expect them to go. Sure I can bend and bow
and move with most things. But then again, I expect the river to keep flowing as
it usually does. God as radical revelation introduces life that does not fit into
my ways and wants. Too often, I am rooted in the things of society or family or
culture or routine. God as radical revelation is always presenting a way of life
that is rooted in the expansive grace of God's Reign. That radical grace is available
to me in all times and it is also the life that I am invited to bring to life so
that others may see something outside of the usual ways of living. God as radical
revelation keeps bringing us back to the unbounded love that does not go along with
revenge, bitterness, envy, jealousy (the list can go on and on). In other words,
radical revelation is simply God showing forth a life that open to our participation.
It is a way that may reveal a life that we are not used to living. It may be a way
that causes us to go at the things of the day from another direction and take things
in a new direction. God as radical revelation open doors we would usually simply
walk past on our way to doing our own thing and being just who we want to be.
O God of love and new life, more than likely we will be walking away from you every
moment of our lives. Therefore, we ask that you keep placing in front of us visions
of life that come within the domain of your shalom. That will be a radical change
for us. Amen.
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