The Reign of God as a culture of hope . If you have any comments adebelak@redeemerluth.com . The Reign of God as a culture of hope that faces the day without evidence that our hopefulness is supported by fact. Rather we are told promises and we take those promises to be the power of life that can make something of the future without our need to control each step. In fact, the Reign of God as a culture of hope moves forward quite out of control. For too often as we try to control how our lives need to go, promises fall to the side. A line in the bible study struck me today. Even though God promised a child to Abraham and Sarah and the story kept moving and yet there was no child yet, they stopped living in hope. They stopped going into the tent and doing what people must do to have a child - even a child of hope. They gave up and settled for the son Ishmael - at least it looks like that. The Reign of God as a culture off hope lets go of what is at hand and it brings about life that keeps living into the promise no matter what it means. O God of love and new life, bring your future upon us and lift up our lives even now. . Amen. |
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