Don't mis-understand. As people of faith we are on the road with Jesus everyday. As we move about the world, we are the hands and feet of the living Jesus - anointing others with the love and grace with which we have been anointed.
Any of us will tell you that we should do good for others; it feels good most of the time too. But, as people of faith, our faithful labor has a firmer foundation with a hope for a different tomorrow.
We are a resurrection people. Our hope, our life, our identity is found in the promise of the resurrected Jesus. Jesus was the anointed one who died, and then conquered death. That bears repeating. Jesus died and death did not hold him captive. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, God raised Jesus from the dead to live a resurrected life - a life that cannot be cancelled by the power of death. Jesus promises that where he is, we will be also. That promise, that hope is the foundation or the core of who we are as people of faith.
There are lots of ways to describe this amazing gift that comes to us in Jesus. We have been invited into a feast that will never end. We are accepted and belong to the Jesus, not because we are worthy or hard working but because God loves the world - and that includes you and me....and all the folks we are going to meet on the road. We have been re-born, given a new life grounded in love and forgiveness.
This, my friends, is news too good not to share in word and deed and life choices. We go on the road to be a little Christ to others so that through our labor they might experience greater life now, and through Christ's presence and the power of the Holy Spirit, they might comes to know the Life Giver Jesus.
Sunday is the day we set aside to be at this work as a community of faith. Want to try it? Be here at 9:30 and pick your project and taste and see that the Lord is good.
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