The Reign of God as beginning here. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com . The Reign of God as beginning here takes us away from the waiting and delivers us into the hands of the God who is at hand. This is how we take the Reign of God as a serious reality and a precious hope. Each moment of our lives becomes the time of the in-breaking of God's Reign into the days we would usually see as ordinary - as days waiting for something else. Each moment also becomes the day we have hoped would come. The Reign of God as beginning here is the beginning of that victory announced last week. Now becomes the time in which God's victory is at hand - we are invited to step into it and live as though it is a reality for us even though the world around us cannot see it and will not acknowledge it. The Reign of God as beginning now happens even as we are reading this at this moment - look around. It all looks just as it was a few moments ago. That is the point. The Reign of God as beginning now will be the unfolding of the character of God's Reign that looks like the world we sometimes want to flee - and we are invited to be a part of that character - a witness to the Reign alive. O God of love and new life, keep us ever present in your Reign as it comes down around us and among us. Amen. |
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