03-22-24

ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS
March 22, 2024
On Sunday, which happens to be Palm Sunday, we will conclude the series on Pressing The Reset Button. As we continue to push the metaphor of the reset, we will focus on the necessity of anyone seeking to live like Jesus needing a reset from one perspective to another. There is one world where the humble are crushed and the last are defined as losers, yet Jesus spoke of how those who humble themselves shall be lifted up and those who are last shall find themselves first. Those who claim to be Christian offer a lot of sanctimonious rhetoric to these ideas, but they remain very much citizens of a world that does not have time for those defined as weak, failures, worthless, and nobodies. Very rarely do we see the Jesus reversal embodied, let alone the defining value. This might be the single most difficult reset for us to make, simply because there are very few examples we can turn to and use as a model. In James 4, the question is asked: “What good is it if people say they have faith but do nothing to show it?” The faith spoken of in James is not some nebulous feel-good sentimentality, but a specific belief in a specific worldview. 

There are numerous resets that I probably need, Lord God, but a reset with how I see the world and how I choose to interact with the world needs to be a priority each day. By your grace, may it be so. Amen.