This week: God as defiant. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com . God as defiant is always defiantly loving and forgiving. In the face of a world that turns its love in on itself and forgives with limits and conditions, God as defiant invites us to live as though we are not and will not be like the world around us. God as defiant is seen in the stories of Jesus whose love and compassion was obviously visible as he acted up even when the forces and voices around him were living according to another vision for life. God as defiant acts up on the Sabbath in order to touch and heal. That is the way of the truly human one. God as defiant sits down and takes part in table fellowship as a way of making sure no one is seen as excluded - no one. This defiance must be shaped by love and forgiveness and other attributes of the life of God's Reign because it is too easy to slip into the 'go along' ways of the world where the character of God's Reign is never seen. God as defiant will be the God who reminds us how to love - how to forgive - how to be merciful - how to pursue justice - how to be compassionate. When we are reminded of this life - a life into which we are invited to live - each step that begins to walk in that way will be an act of defiance - the image of our God. O God of love and new life, in the Christ, Jesus, you have pulled back the cover to show us the way to walk within your Reign. Encourage us to step up and step out and walk with Jesus in our day. Amen. |
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