Reflections Along the Jesus Way
January 1, 2023 — Quote for the Day
“We don’t impress God with our religious juggling, our spiritual dances, our religious hand-jive, ballet or soft-shoe. He doesn’t award us spiritual points based on our gymnastic religious performances. He intervenes in our lives, lavishing us with his grace, based on his goodness, not ours.
Think of the wise men from the East who came to visit the newborn Jesus. One day they were leading a normal life, doing their astronomical calculations, consulting their star charts, putting in a 9-5 day, washing their camels and eating dinner with the family at night. They were doing whatever it is that wise men do.
Then, there they were, the very next day, chasing a sign from heaven. Their lives were beginning to be transformed. God was rocking their world.
There was Moses, in the desert, minding his business, tending his flocks. Then he saw it, a bush that burned and burned and burned, but never burned up. When Moses came near, God had a message for him. If Moses accepted, which of course he did, God would change Moses’ life.
When God changes our lives, he does it by his power, by his grace and according to his plan. When we draw near, as the wise men did, we see, as did the shepherds in the field, the brilliant, celestial glory to which God has called us.”
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