Tuesday, July 18, 2017

18 July 2017 - drawing on our experience



For if the mighty deeds done in your midst
had been done in Tyre and Sidon,
they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes.

The bible tells us that to whom much is given much will be expected (see Luke 12:48). We are definitely among those who have been given much. We are accountable for the gifts the LORD gives us. We are not permitted to ignore them or bury them. We need to repent and bear fruit worthy of repentance.

When the child grew, she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter,
who adopted him as her son and called him Moses;
for she said, "I drew him out of the water."

We have all narrowly escaped a death sentence on our souls just as Moses does. We are all drawn up from the waters of baptism as new creations. We are given a new Mother to watch over us. We are made members of the royal household of God. We must therefore put aside selfishness and act with virtue and justice for the sake of God's people.

We are the people who know that the LORD our God is a God who saves. We are the people who have known that salvation ourselves. Knowing it, we can't keep it to ourselves. We are called to share it. This is the fruit worthy of repentance which we are meant to bear. Because it has its source in the providence of God we need not fear our own inadequacy. It is simply letting what he does flower and bear fruit as he intends.

"See, you lowly ones, and be glad;
you who seek God, may your hearts revive!
For the LORD hears the poor,
and his own who are in bonds he spurns not."


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