The Reign of God as discovery. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com . The Reign of God as discovery confounds our expectations. Just when we think we know what we want and what this 'God' stuff is all about and the way we must be to be a part of this Reign, we discover it is more - or maybe less. The Reign of God as discovery does not allow us to own it and know it all - for there is always something beyond our grasp. Maybe something that is not yet - maybe something we are not willing to have be a part of the reign as we would have it. The Reign of God as discovery is Peter's time on the roof with and sheet of animals displayed before him - or Paul losing his sight. Bam! Right in the middle of the way we would go, God's Reign moves into our path and we 'discover' it. Not. We run into it - we step into it - we find ourselves in a reality that is not the reality we have known so well. We discover a new life. The life was always there - always will be. And yet, it often takes a surprising moment that is out of our control that helps us see the Reign into which God is bidding us to come and see. O God of love and new life, roll your Reign out in front of us today so that we may be tripped up and see what you have been calling us into all of our lives. Amen. |
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