Lectionary passage 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11
Following Christ puts us in a process of refining. If we want to have our lives refined, we stay in the refining process. We do this when we are willing to be alert and admit to where we tend to get tripped up. We all have hang ups and places where we get tripped up. It’s in our Christian community where we recover life and are refined. It’s a life recovery group. Our ‘higher power’ is Jesus. We do not have to keep getting tripped up over the same things. We get honest about our hang-ups, have each other to hold us accountable, and recover the life Jesus meant for us to have. Jesus has the last word, and words well worth remembering often: “It is finished!” Jesus said these words on the cross as he took away our bent toward missing the mark in life. When we get ready to be finished with our hang-ups in life, God’s gift of power to us to overcome is ready for the taking and unpacking in our life recovery group- Christian community.
Monday, June 6, 2011
God Gets the Last Word
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
very well stated. "The world" doesn't point out to us the things that trip us up...generally the world is running right along side of us! It's the love of our Christian community (family) that helps us back to the "road less traveled". As Christians, we are all in this together, with Jesus. And, if He is with us, who can be against us? I am very thankful for my Christian community/family.
Post a Comment