Woven together in Love
The Spirit Creates One Body
Galatians 3:23-29 The Message
23-24 Until the time when we were mature enough to respond freely in faith to the living God, we were carefully surrounded and protected by the Mosaic law. The law was like those Greek tutors, with which you are familiar, who escort children to school and protect them from danger or distraction, making sure the children will really get to the place they set out for.25-27 But now you have arrived at your destination: By faith in Christ you are in direct relationship with God. Your baptism in Christ was not just washing you up for a fresh start. It also involved dressing you in an adult faith wardrobe—Christ’s life, the fulfillment of God’s original promise.
28-29 In
Christ’s family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave
and free, male and female. Among us you are all equal. That is, we are
all in a common relationship with Jesus Christ. Also, since you are
Christ’s family, then you are Abraham’s famous “descendant,” heirs
according to the covenant promises.
For Reflection
You
have lived your life following Mosaic Law. You are faithful and
abiding in God. And then, Jesus happened. Your view of yourself in
relationship to God has been challenged. Do you respond by a determined
entrenchment in the law, or do you find a way to incorporate this new
and strange interpretation of your faith in God?
Many find themselves at this same corner of past and future. The challenge is to grow into the maturity of faith where love trumps rules, a maturity of grace. One finds himself or herself facing a mysterious complexity of living in the common culture but not of that culture. We find ourselves threatened by the lack of absolutes. Life becomes messy.
It is then when we realize the value of the Gospel. It is then when we confidently find purpose in the life exemplified by Christ. It is then when we find hope in the unity of believers. It is then when we begin to grow into Grace.
Pray
Many find themselves at this same corner of past and future. The challenge is to grow into the maturity of faith where love trumps rules, a maturity of grace. One finds himself or herself facing a mysterious complexity of living in the common culture but not of that culture. We find ourselves threatened by the lack of absolutes. Life becomes messy.
It is then when we realize the value of the Gospel. It is then when we confidently find purpose in the life exemplified by Christ. It is then when we find hope in the unity of believers. It is then when we begin to grow into Grace.
Pray
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