Taking the Sermon Home
--Reflections for the week ahead
Today we
saw how Jesus’ message of radical, inclusive love did not sit well with his
hometown of Nazareth: the people did not appreciate Jesus’ emphasis on
non-Jews. We also learned that the prophet Jeremiah felt unequal to the
task ahead of him. As he contemplated the difficult message he had to
bring to the nation of Judah, teetering on the edge of destruction, he
complained to God that “he did not know how to speak.”
As you
carry today’s readings and sermon into your week, I invite you to consider:
~What
difficult message does the gospel compel you to proclaim…yet out of
reluctance to take a stand, fear of rejection, or outright complacency, you are
sitting on the sidelines?
~Like
Jeremiah, God knows you, and has consecrated you to be a prophet—that is, to
speak and live the Word of God. This week, spend time in prayer,
considering the ways God is calling you to proclaim God’s word in a new, or
perhaps challenging way. Then, step out in faith, and speak that
God-infused word, recognizing that it might upset the status quo. Being
faithful, does not necessarily mean being comfortable…it means taking seriously
our call live the gospel.
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