The Reign of God as life that gives life. If you have any comments adebelak@redeemerluth.com . The Reign of God as life that gives life is the stuff Jesus invites the new disciples and all of us to 'come and see.' To witness the life of the Reign of God in action - not merely in stories of another time and place - generates new life. It at least gives people the opportunity to see how life - the everyday life of everyone - can become filled with a new life. It is like bringing to a group a people or an individual the notion and confidence that says: we can be like this or I can be a part of this. The Reign of God as life that gives life is still readily popping into our day. Too often, we do not see it or cannot hear it. We can be so easily overwhelmed by the things at hand we do not lift up our eyes to see how God's Reign is breaking in and inviting us to enter into all the life that it lays down in front of us. Sometimes, it is too easy to think that the life we talk about as followers of Jesus is not really a life handed to us - it is a life once lived that we can look at and admire. This notion used to drive Soren Kierkegaard up the wall within the church of Denmark of his day. O God of love and new life, bring it on - let it rain down! Amen. |
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