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05/31/2026

Our message today from Pastor Chuck:

May 31, 2006
On The Mountain
Matthew 28:16-20

The Christian life has been compared to a journey. Pilgrim’s Progress, written by John Bunyan in 1678 is a story of a man named ‘Christian’ who travels from ‘City of Destruction’ to ‘Celestial City’ and all the things that happen to him enroute. These things are things that happen to every human being whose ever lived. Christian is an everyman, just a common human on a journey. [1]
C.S. Lewis wrote ‘The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe’, an allegory of Christianity and one’s journey from no faith to faith as Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy find another world when crossing through an old wardrobe. Eventually they meet Aslan the Lion who is an image of Jesus. They go through all kinds of struggles and eventually are present when a deceased Alsan/Jesus comes back to life. [2]
And of course, J.R.R. Tolkien whose classic books ‘The Hobbit’ [3] and the ‘The Lord of The Rings’ [4] has his characters Bilbo and Frodo Baggins swept up in a struggle against evil and at the penultimate moment when Gollum snatches the evil ring of power from Frodo’s finger, Eru Iluvatar steps in and (some say, as do I) causes Gollum’s plunge off the cliff and into the fires of Mt. Doom, destroying the evil contained the ring forever.
These are just books, stories that tell in an allegorical fashion how the journey of a Christian goes through ups and downs. Mountain tops to deep and dark valleys.
Melissa and I have done a lot of backpacking over the years. We’ve backpacked in the Rockies and several sections of the Appalachian Trail. There are essentially three surfaces one contends with on the trail. The first is a valley; bugs, many times wet or marshy ground, deep in woods, unable to see much more than just the trail you’re following, many times hard to find a good, level, dry place to pitch a tent.
The second is the mountain top; air is fresh and cool, fewer bugs, likely drier (unless it’s raining and then all bets are off!). One can see panoramas so beautiful it takes away ones breath. If it’s good weather, finding a good spot to pitch your tent can be easier.
The third type of terrain are relatively flat surfaces. These are between the valleys and the mountains. Not as marshy, humid, and wet as the valleys, and not as exposed as the tops of mountains. Easier hiking, but it’s just walking, nothing super-cool like the mountain top.
The Christian life is a whole lot of ups and downs, sometimes it’s uncomfortable, sometimes we just want to hang out on the flat ground where the going is easier, and sometimes our minds are blown by the beauty we see on the mountain top. We’ve gone through the seasons of the church over the past year beginning with the birth of Jesus, calling of the disciples, teachings about life in general and the life to come in particular, the mountain top experiences and the depths of the valleys misery. Just as with our backpacker, they couldn’t stay where they were, they had to go on through the ups and the downs of following Jesus.
Matthew records the final appearance of Jesus on a mountain. Maybe it was the Mt. of Transfiguration where Jesus met Moses and Elijah. Maybe it was the mountain where he taught the beatitudes. It’s not surprising Jesus told them to go to a mountain to meet him, God dealt with the great and important issues “on the mountain”.
Elevated settings symbolize closeness to God, authority, and divine presence. In Genesis 22:2 God spoke to Abraham on Mt. Moriah telling him to sacrifice his son Isaac, a theological foreshadowing Christ’s ultimate sacrifice.
In Exodus 19:20, God descends to the top of Mount Sinai and calls Moses to the summit. He receives the Ten Commandments, marking the establishment of the covenant between God and Israel.
Exodus 3:1-2 at Mt. Horeb, God spoke to Moses through the burning bush. This is the beginning of Moses’ calling to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. It becomes a place of divine revelation and instruction.
1 Kings 19:11-12, Elijah stood on Mount Horeb and heard God’s voice not in wind, earthquake, or fire, but in a ‘gentle whisper’. This emphasized God speaking in ways subtle yet profound.
1 Kings 18:38 on Mt. Carmel, God spoke through fire from heaven, consuming the sacrifice offered by Elijah and the false prophets of Baal. A dramatic demonstration of God’s power and authority.
Matthew 17:1-2, Jesus was transfigured before Peter, James, and John, revealing His divine glory; a revelation of God’s presence and approval of Jesus’ identity and mission.
In Matthew 5-7 The Sermon of the Mount. The setting elevated His words, his divine wisdom, and his divine authority.
Mountains in Scripture represent stability, permanence, and proximity to God. They’re places where God’s voice is heard clearly, whether in thunder, fire, rushing wind, or with quiet words, and where His will is revealed to humanity. God speaks from the tops of mountains like Sinai, Horeb, and Carmel, each carrying unique meanings, law, calling, revelation, judgment, and covenant. These encounters underscore the mountain’s role as a sacred space for a divine encounter with God.
Even today we speak about encounters with Jesus as being ‘mountain top’ experiences. Our own Christian journey is made up of many such moments. God’s presence is associated with mountains, so when Jesus has his last discourse with his followers, he goes to a mountain, and they have a mountain top experience.
The mountain-top experience is one in which we’ve had a moment of enlightenment, of exhortation, of explanation, a moment of divine inspiration. The thing is, we can’t stay there. Walking a flat surface with a backpack is pretty easy. Going down into a valley is tougher, the weight of the backpack drives us downhill putting pressure on our knees and our hips and our shoulders. Going up to the mountain is a little better but it’s still not like walking on flat ground. We have the driving force of knowing the mountain is going to offer some awesome views, some cool air, respite from bugs, and the sense of attaining something of import so that pushes us forward in anticipation.
Matthew tells us when they saw him they worshipped him. They worshipped him because now he is the risen Christ. Prior to this Jesus was regarded as Rabbi, as Teacher, as Master and Lord. Now he’s the risen Christ, now he’s Messiah. Now he’s worthy of their worship, worship that had been reserved for Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Now he’s received all authority in heaven and earth. They’d never worshipped in this way before. Matthew says while worshipping some doubted. Even today, this is a truism; there are always some amongst the congregation who doubt for whatever reason. We all have moments of doubt, we wouldn’t be human without moments of doubt. Some of us might be down in the valley this morning, trying to find a dry spot to rest and fending off pesky bugs. Some of us might be on the mountain top and it’s all good, cool fresh air, no bugs, and awesome views. Some of are on our way down into the valley and the weight on our shoulders, knees, and hips is beginning to hurt. Some of us might be climbing a mountain, it’s tough, it’s steep, and it’s hard but, we know what’s ahead and it gives us strength.
We all have moments of doubt. No matter how strong our faith, there are still occasions for doubt. Some doubt the power of Christ over circumstances; some doubt his healing power; some doubt they’re worthy of being healed. Some may even doubt he’s risen from the tomb. Jesus said, “If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead,” (Luke 16:31).
Here’s the thing, and this is critical, even though some doubted, they were there. They showed up. Even in the midst of everything that’d gone on over the past three years, even after all the peaks and valleys and flat spots, they showed up. Even with the exhilaration, the fear and pain, and the humdrum of going on with life, they showed up. They showed up with a fresh revelation of Jesus Christ that carried them forward creating the most powerful and transforming movement in the history of humankind.
Allow me to take a moment reflect on some points of Christology. Christology is what we believe about Jesus Christ.
First, God the Father has given Jesus all authority in heaven and on earth. This supreme authority has been his from the very beginning. Jesus is God. He was with God from the beginning and it was through him everything was made. All of creation came into being through him. ( John 1:1-2)
Second, He chose to limit himself within a frail human body for a time and during that time he was in the Father, and the Father was in him. The life he lived as a human was lived by faith in God, his Father. Philippians 2:5–11 discusses his being of the same mind as God the Father.
The kind of life Jesus lived here on earth as a human being is the kind of life he wants us to live, to live every moment in the Father through faith in Jesus. Once he was raised from the dead and glorified he’s no longer limited by time and space, he can manifest his authority anywhere and anytime. He exhibits this authority by commissioning his followers to take the good news to all the world, promising them and us “…surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (Matthew 28:20) The promise “I am with you” is the promise given by God to Joseph when the angel announced Jesus’ birth: (Matthew 1:23) Matthew quotes Isaiah 7:14 “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him ‘Immanuel’, which means God with us.” “…surely I am with you…” affirms to all who follow and serve him: I will be with you; I will be your Immanuel.
Third, he reveals his plan. Because he’s been given all authority in heaven and on earth he can command, “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the of the Holy Spirit…” Go into the world and make disciples. It’s of eternal consequence we understand what Jesus means when he commands us to make disciples. It’s not merely to make converts, or to make believers, or to make church members or to make Methodists, or Baptists or Anglicans, or whatever. We’re to make disciples by teaching them everything Jesus taught his disciples. A disciple is a pupil, a learner, a full time amateur student. One of the differences between Jesus’ disciples and the disciples of other Rabbi’s is Jesus’ disciples never graduate; they always remain learners of Jesus.
They were to baptize new believers, to cover them, to overwhelm them in God, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. It’s here we have specific mention of the Trinity. The Greek word ‘baptizo’ means to immerse or to submerge and can be likened to the sword maker who heats up the steel of the blade in the furnace and then plunges it into water in order that the steel may be tempered hard and strong for its task. Disciples are to be immersed in the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit so they may be fit for the task ahead just like the disciples and just like the sword. They need to be immersed into the believing, worshipping, and serving community of God’s people. A disciple must live in a believing community where they’re taught Christ, him crucified and risen from the dead.
Look, whether we’re on the flat trail just kinda hanging out, descending into a dark valley, or standing on top of the mountain know this: Christ being in the same mind as the Father lived among us teaching all we need to know in order to spread his message and offers us the Holy Spirit to enable us to traverse this difficult trail of Christianity with all of its ups and downs and struggles and victories. “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” On this Trinity Sunday, know that you are loved by our great and glorious God the Father, saved by faith in God the Son, and powered into a life of evangelism by God the Holy Spirit regardless of where we are currently in our faith journey. [AMEN]
Sources:
[1] Bunyan, John. ‘The Pilgrim’s Progess’. Published by Desiring God, 2014. Minneapolis, MN
[2] Lewis, C.S. ‘The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe’. Published by Geoffery Bles, 1950. London, UK.

[3] Tolkien, J.R.R. ‘The Hobbit’. Published by George Allen and Unwin, 1937. London, UK

[4] Tolkien, J.R.R. ‘The Lord of The Rings’. Published by George Allen and Unwin, 1954-55. London, UK
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05/25/2026

A message from Pastor Rosanne Osborne today:

Patiently, We Journey On . . . May 24, 2026
Pentecost Sunday . . . Acts 2:1-8

Come with me back to 1936. It's nearly dusk on Memorial Day. A young man with red curly hair and sweating hands is driving an old model T Ford along a dirt road. His white starched shirt pinches his reddened neck. He's nervous and exhilarated at the same time. He knows that this road is going to change the direction of his life. Later, when darkness has fallen, a young woman will have joined him. Because the headlights of that old Ford no longer work, she'll ride on the fender and hold the lantern for him to see the road. The flame of that lantern will light the way for the old car to cut through the darkness. They'll inch their way to the county seat where the justice of the peace will marry them. And that's when the story becomes my story. Their journey becomes my journey. It's the lantern that intrigues me. It's the ingenuity and daring, the resourcefulness of two people on journey that has always captivated me. Every journey needs light for its direction.

I invite you to think about those who have shaped your life. Those who started you down the road to faith. Those whose influence determined the directions of your journey. Think of those who built this church, and those who have sustained it through the years. You are on a journey that someone else began. A journey that has become yours. They provide the light that you share in this community.

Memorial Day is a day of remembrance.

Pentecost is a day of remembrance.

In fact, come with me to 1st century Jerusalem. Travelers are gathered from all over the world. They've come for the feast of weeks. the end of harvest. They speak many different languages now, but they are all Jews. Weather kept them from coming at Passover when they celebrated the beginning of harvest, but now its 50 days later and they are here. They call this Pentecost, the Greek word for 50 days. Jerusalem is crowded with these pilgrims who have come on a journey to celebrate their heritage. The apostles are here, too, meeting together to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.

Something extraordinary is about to happen to all these people.
Luke chronicles this day in Acts 2. "When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language?
Peter answered them giving voice to the gospel message. This extraordinary event enabled Peter to gain a hearing from his fellow Jews. To preach to many who would never otherwise have heard him. The church fathers marked this day as the beginning of the New Testament Church. The Gospel was about to be taken to all the world.
Pentecost was a time of theophany, a time when God chose to use the extraordinary language of the senses to speak to his people. Sight, sound, touch--these senses were activated in a dramatic way. The barriers of experience were breeched. First, the disciples were hit with an explosive reality. Eugene Peterson translates the experience as wildfire moving through their conscientiousness. It was every bit as dramatic as Ezekiel's vision of dry bones rising to life, flesh restored.

The linguistic manifestation that followed was equally as startling. It was as though the Tower of Babel was being reversed. God, who at one time chose to confuse the languages of man, now chose to make them accessible. How amazing it must have been for the disciples to speak in languages they had never learned! No wonder the Judaic world was stunned.

The drama of that morning was ingenious in its own way. The disciples could never have planned it. Peter could never have imagined pulling off that sort of a sermon introduction. He could never have raised that sort of a crowd. If we think of the Holy Spirit as the personality of God expressing itself in human experience, we may be close to understanding the events of that day.

I'll never know what happened on that night in 1936 to persuade my parents to start out on a foolhardy trek across the Missouri landscape with nothing more than a coal oil lantern to light their road. And I'll never know whether there is a connection between that journey and their love of travel, but I know two things that came out of that night. I was born with a decided proclivity for solving insurmountable problems and an insatiable love for travel.

It's through that lens that I reflect on the experience of Pentecost. We are all on a faith journey that started at Pentecost. If we listen to Paul's words to the Romans, we know that we must live out that journey patiently. The Dutch theologian Henri Nouwen says that “The word patience means the willingness to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us.”

That's Pentecost living to my mind. It's placing yourself under God's watch care \with the faith that in his own time and according to his own plan, he will express his personality in your experience. It probably won't be as dramatic as Pentecost, but it will be no less certain and no less effective. After the ascension, the disciples must have experienced a state unknowing, a time of conflicting emotions, a time of impatient restlessness.

Rilke gives us this advice in Letters to a Young Poet. “Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day.”

We are doomed it seems by the human condition to want to live by finite time rather than infinite time, man's time rather than God's time.

The French theologian Chardin gives us this advice:
“Above all, trust in the slow work of God.
We are quite naturally impatient in everything
to reach the end without delay.
We should like to skip the intermediate stages.
We are impatient of being on the way to something
unknown, something new.
And yet it is the law of all progress
that it is made by passing through
some stages of instability—
and that it may take a very long time.

And so I think it is with you;
your ideas mature gradually - let them grow,
let them shape themselves, without undue haste.
Don’t try to force them on,
as though you could be today what time
will make of you tomorrow.

Only God could say what this new spirit
gradually forming within you will be.
Give Our Lord the benefit of believing
that his hand is leading you,
and accept the anxiety of feeling yourself
in suspense and incomplete.”

05/17/2026

Message from
pastor Chuck Christensen today-

“Somewhere In the Middle” John 17:1-11

May 17, 2026

“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. You gave him authority over everyone so that he could give eternal life to everyone you gave him. Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” (John 17:2-3)
Why do we come to church? I recently had a conversation with a guy who sincerely believes he can be total Christian without the church, without the body of believers, without the family, without the tribe. 1 John. 4:9: “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.” The verse is plural in nature, not singular. I believe there are too many Christian believers who struggle to experience a full, abundant, fruitful, life in God. Why aren’t people, particularly believers becoming more loving, more joyous, and more kind? Maybe sometimes we find ourselves ‘caught in the middle’ between a 21st century culture and the Gospel message.
Why would members of a faith community fail to be in worship on any given Sunday? We were created to worship God and give him our devotion and love and to be in fellowship with one another. Maybe we’re ‘somewhere between the hot and the cold.’ Why is the rate of divorce among Christians equal to the population at large? Maybe, we’re ‘somewhere between the new and the old.’
Folks who’re not Christians can’t experience this life because they don’t know Jesus and the life he offers. They can’t have the Spirit of God living in them and they can’t have the power of God to change. The ways of God seem foolish to them. But what about Christian believers who have access to the Spirit of God and all the power and resource of God yet live as if they have none? Maybe we’re ‘somewhere between who I am and who I used to be.’
It all comes back to our relationship with God through Christ. The reason we don’t see changes in our lives might be because we have a Christian belief system but aren’t in a close relationship with God through Christ, experiencing God through Christ in a personal, relational, and real way. Maybe we’re ‘somewhere between my heart and my hands.’
So we might ask, what’s the difference? I mean, my people donated the land. My family built the church. My grandmother did this and my grandfather did that. We were always in church as kids, every time the doors opened. That’s awesome, but what about the here and the now? Where are we when the doors of the church are open? Where are our kids and our grandkids when the doors of the church are open? We desire the fire, right? Who would come to church just to come to church? One may as well stay in bed, get a little extra sleep. We come to church for each other, for ourselves, to gather as a family in worship of the one God above all gods, to the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords. Belief as opposed to fire… Cognitive thinking as opposed to certainty… Incredulity as opposed to credulity. Assurance of salvation and sanctification as opposed to wishful thinking. Maybe we’re ‘somewhere between the safety of the boat and the crashing waves.’
A belief system means there are certain things I believe to be true. I believe God exists, I believe God sent his Son, Jesus, who died and took my sins to the cross. Cool, I believe I’ve been “saved” by God’s grace and by his grace alone. Maybe we’re ‘somewhere between my faith and my plans.’
Orthodoxy means having the right beliefs. But right beliefs or a right belief system alone, can’t change a person’s life. Practicing certain disciplines like prayer and reading Scripture, attending church, or being in service can’t bring change if done mechanically; in other words if we’re just going through the motions because our Christian belief system tells us we should, what changes? What changes us is living into a personal relationship with God through Christ, and experiencing him living through us in a real and personal way.
Henry Blackaby in – ‘Experiencing God’, writes: “Mark 12:30, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ Everything in your Christian life, everything about knowing Him, and experiencing Him, everything about knowing His will, depends on the quality of your love relationship to God.” [1]
John 3:16, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” Out of love God sent his Son to save us. To save us from what? From sin, from hell, yes. But what did God save us for? Jesus prays: “You gave him authority over everyone so that he could give eternal life to everyone you gave him. Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” (John 17:1-2)
Eternal life is knowing God the Father and Jesus Christ his Son, it’s being in relationship with God now and forever through Christ. This isn’t knowing about God, but knowing him in a personal and intimate way. Eternal life is something we participate in now and forever, the only change coming will be our address.
The first and primary characteristic of a relationship with God is love. Jesus’ greatest commandment: “…love the Lord your God with all of your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” (Mark 12:30). If we miss the fact God saved us for a love relationship, we miss the entire point of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In his book ‘Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God’, Blackaby shares a conversation with a guy in his church who was having difficulty in his personal life. He writes, “One day I went to him and asked, “Can you describe your relationship with God by sincerely saying, ‘I love you with all my heart?” The strangest look came over his face. He said, “Nobody has ever asked me that. No, I could not describe my relationship with God that way. I could say I obey Him, I serve Him, I worship Him, and I fear Him. But I cannot say that I love Him.” [1]
If we love God, we desire to spend time with him. If we love God, we desire to worship him and be with his family. If we love God, we pray to discern what he wants us to do and how we wants us to live. If we love God, we listen when he reveals his plans, his commands, and what he wants us to do. Jesus said, “Whoever has my commands and obeys them, they are the ones who love me. They who love me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” (John 14:21)
If we don’t love God with all our heart the opposite is true. We won’t desire to spend time with God, we won’t desire to worship God, we won’t care about his family, and we won’t listen to God and his plans for us. We can’t obey because we don’t understand his plan or we may choose not to follow it. Or maybe, we simply can’t hear it. If we aren’t following God we can’t experience God working in our life.
And so, we struggle with anger, we can’t get along with others, we can’t desire to serve God, we can’t seem to beat addictions, we don’t have more love, joy, or peace, we don’t experience miracles because we never step out in faith doing what only God can do through us. In other words, our life looks just like everyone else’s except, we have the right belief system. So, maybe we’re ‘somewhere between a whisper and a roar…’ maybe we’re ‘somewhere between the altar and the door’.
This isn’t what Jesus came for, it’s not what he saved us for. He saved us for a personal, life transforming relationship with God through him. It all comes back to the quality of our personal love relationship with God. He didn’t come for dogma, church regulations, or do’s and don’ts, he didn’t come to get the T-shirt, he came to save our lives.
Paul writes in Philippians 3:8-12: “Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so I may have Christ and become one with him. I no longer count on my own goodness or my ability to obey God’s law, but I trust Christ to save me. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith. As a result, I can really know Christ and experience the mighty power that raised him from the dead. I can learn what it means to suffer with him, sharing in his death, so somehow, I can experience the resurrection from the dead! I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection! But I keep working toward that day when I will finally be all that Christ Jesus saved me for and wants me to be.” This is what John Wesley means when he says we move daily towards full sanctification n Christ. Red Miller, coach of the ’77 Denver Broncos said it this way, “Every day, in every way, just a little bit better.”
For Paul, nothing is as important as knowing Christ, not his job, his heritage, his religious convictions, or his good works.
The key element in a relationship with God is that it’s the real deal. Throughout the Bible, God makes himself known in real and personal ways. People knew they’d been with God, from Eden when he walked with Adam and Eve, to Jesus walking with his disciples. When Jesus ascended to heaven, his followers still knew his very real presence, they knew God had spoken to them. Through his Holy Spirit he’s still just as real today as he was then. God’s personal relationship is practical, and pragmatic. He took care of their needs, he guided, instructed, comforted, and healed. And he will, should we accept it, take care of our needs, he will guide, instruct, comfort, and heal us. Should we but accept it. Maybe we’re ‘somewhere between contented peace and always wanting more.’
The Bible gives several images of what it means to know God. The servant to the King: Having access to the king and entering the king’s throne room, having his ear, having the authority of the king, having access to everything under the king’s control. We have this access to God whenever we desire, we can enter his throne room, and we have access to everything under his control which is everything.
Sheep to shepherd. “The Good Shepherd goes out in front of the sheep, the sheep follow him because they hear and know his voice.” (John 10:3-4). They know the still small voice of God, they see him at work around them and follow him.
We don’t have kings and most of us don’t raise sheep, but how about this: Jesus gave us the image of child to a parent. “Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” (John 1:12) We’re children of our heavenly Father. We’re adopted into God’s family through Christ. We’re co-heirs with Christ in the Kingdom of Heaven now, and somehow not quite yet.
No matter where we’re at in this journey God’s already taken the initiative to seek us and know us. Jesus assures us: “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with them, and they with me.” (Revelation 3:20) We don’t have to remain ‘somewhere in the middle’, between culture and Christ. Should we choose, we have Christ at our center and find ourselves with him in that center. We don’t have to question, ‘how close can I get Lord to my surrender, without losing all control?’ We don’t have control anyway, so there’s no control to lose. All we have to do is simply surrender to Christ, quit trying to control things and be at rest. Jesus will take care of the mess. [AMEN]
Sources:
Blackaby, Henry & King, Claude V. Experiencing God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God. B&H Publishers, Nashville, TN. 1 January, 2004.

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