Redemption
We rush around this world looking for to make the most of every possible moment. We cannot seem to sit in a moment of silence. We seem to think that we have to be always engaged and running or we are not productive. We want the future and we want it NOW. We are a people preoccupied with getting to the promise rather than enjoying the journey.
We are told that: “So, my dear friends, since this is what you have to look forward to, do your very best to be found living at your best, in purity and peace. Interpret our Master's patient restraint for what it is: salvation.”
Paul is speaking to people that want to rush God’s presence and force God to act in ways that they want. Yet, God is withholding so that what they do not understand can be accomplished. He is telling folks to quit rushing God because God will arrive at the correct time in our history to make the most effective impact. Paul understands that it is easy to say that they are trusting God when in fact they are trying to manipulate God to their way of thinking.
I was listening to someone the other day talking about trusting God to help them in their situation, yet they were so busy being worried about the fact that their reserves were not where they wanted them to be. In short, they said they trusted God, but trusted Bank of America more – since BoA could tell them how much the HAD rather than how their needs could be met otherwise. You see it is easy to say we trust God, when we really are trusting something else – namely the fiat or temporal rather than the hem of healing that will provide far more than we had ever imagined.
I do not think that we can easily dismiss the need for people to be reassured of their well being and also see a glimpse of God’s ability to redeem even our worst mistakes and failures. We can only pray that our worst fears can be allayed and removed from our minds and hearts. We need redemption more than we need blessing. We need redemption that translates into the future and promise that will transform us from the fear and failures that we have embraced to become the success and sensations that we were created to become.
This week embrace the promise of redemption so that you may become the promise of God in this place and this time.
Blessings,
Pastor Greg
We are told that: “So, my dear friends, since this is what you have to look forward to, do your very best to be found living at your best, in purity and peace. Interpret our Master's patient restraint for what it is: salvation.”
Paul is speaking to people that want to rush God’s presence and force God to act in ways that they want. Yet, God is withholding so that what they do not understand can be accomplished. He is telling folks to quit rushing God because God will arrive at the correct time in our history to make the most effective impact. Paul understands that it is easy to say that they are trusting God when in fact they are trying to manipulate God to their way of thinking.
I was listening to someone the other day talking about trusting God to help them in their situation, yet they were so busy being worried about the fact that their reserves were not where they wanted them to be. In short, they said they trusted God, but trusted Bank of America more – since BoA could tell them how much the HAD rather than how their needs could be met otherwise. You see it is easy to say we trust God, when we really are trusting something else – namely the fiat or temporal rather than the hem of healing that will provide far more than we had ever imagined.
I do not think that we can easily dismiss the need for people to be reassured of their well being and also see a glimpse of God’s ability to redeem even our worst mistakes and failures. We can only pray that our worst fears can be allayed and removed from our minds and hearts. We need redemption more than we need blessing. We need redemption that translates into the future and promise that will transform us from the fear and failures that we have embraced to become the success and sensations that we were created to become.
This week embrace the promise of redemption so that you may become the promise of God in this place and this time.
Blessings,
Pastor Greg
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