Sunday, May 25, 2008
What would you do if you had three months to live? In a sense that's what Jesus is talking about as he completes his fundamental teaching at the conclusion of the sermon on the month (Matthew chapters 5 & 6). Live wholly for God. Don't squeeze God in around the nooks and crannies and holes when it's convenient, or when you're desperately stuck in an impasse. Live holy lives Jesus is saying, set apart, consecrated to God....meaning live integrated lives where faith and daily life are united and feed each other. Let your faith be the treasure of your heart, the cornerstone of your live, the animating life force of your work, relationships, words and rest. It's about integration that frees and liberates us to live as new creations, for God, with God and towards God.
We often wonder what would we do if we only had three months to live. I think that Jesus is challenging us to repose the question: "What would you stop doing?" Aren't those the things that most take up our time, distract us from what we really want to live, and keep us from integrating our faith and daily living?
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