|
Friends,
today’s Gospel passage acclaims a centurion’s trust in the Lord Jesus.
To trust is to have hope, to turn one’s heart to God. It means to root
the whole of one’s life, to ground and center one’s concerns in God. And
oppositely, to trust and to turn one’s heart to human beings means to
root the whole of one’s life, to ground and center one’s concerns in the
things of this world, in wealth, fame, power, honor, and pleasure.
What
is the center of gravity of your life? What is your “ultimate concern?”
The Bible consistently lays this out as an either/or. Think of the
passage in the book of Joshua, when Joshua lays it on the line for the
people of Israel: “Do you serve the Lord or some other gods?”
Jesus
tells his followers, “Either you are with me or you are against me.” We
have to answer this question with great honesty and clarity.
|
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment