The Monday Morning Quarterback
In yesterday's sermon I suggested that the fall involves basic mistrust: Adam and Eve questioned whether God really had their best interests at heart and whether God was good enough. This basic mistrust can either manifest itself as overreaching, trying to supplant God and take things in our own hands, or as underachieving, not living up to our dignity as being made in God's image. It leads either to rebellion or anxious inaction.
The New Testament portrays the basic problem as a lack of faith. Faith and trust in this context are nearly synonymous. Jesus constantly exhorts his followers to trust in God. The Sermon on the Mount contains a significant section in Matthew 6 about trusting God. That is what 6:33 is fundamentally about: "Seek first the kingdom of God and all these things shall be given to you." "These things" is daily provision.
I also noted that we frequently expect God to come through and protect us from any kind of suffering if we follow God. God makes no deals like that. The truth be told, God calls us to trust in spite of our suffering, or in our suffering. Any thoughts?
The New Testament portrays the basic problem as a lack of faith. Faith and trust in this context are nearly synonymous. Jesus constantly exhorts his followers to trust in God. The Sermon on the Mount contains a significant section in Matthew 6 about trusting God. That is what 6:33 is fundamentally about: "Seek first the kingdom of God and all these things shall be given to you." "These things" is daily provision.
I also noted that we frequently expect God to come through and protect us from any kind of suffering if we follow God. God makes no deals like that. The truth be told, God calls us to trust in spite of our suffering, or in our suffering. Any thoughts?
posted by UCC Medfield at 10:11 AM
1 Comments:
In fact, God tells us that we WILL suffer. It is during the suffering that our faith strengthens. CC
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