In Sunday’s sermon, drawn from Ephesians 3, a challenge for us is to accept that God will go far beyond what we ask or even imagine. It is challenged by a credibility gap between knowing God can do all, in the theological abstract, and the realities of the sinful world around us that take aim with doubt.
We overcome this gap from our foundation of faith, from being on the rock of Christ. Paul refers to the power of the Holy Spirit in our inner being, of Christ dwelling within us. It is not simply head knowledge, it is whole knowledge, as in the way Jesus says to love God, with all our heart, all our mind, and all our soul.
To that end, we ran through a few examples of what we might do. This includes an excessively simplistic consideration of mindfulness, of meditation, of service (doing good works), and counting our blessings. As we go into this week, we are going to consider each in turn.
Each one is to be considered from this particular point of view. How, in this activity, in this practice, is Jesus at work in me? How can I focus on how Jesus is working through me? These are not things done for their own sake, but for the sake of the faith God gives us in Christ Jesus.
Each is to pursue the question “Who are we in Christ and who is Christ in us?”
Pastor Peter
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