God of the Living

The Inescapable God
God Reveals
Luke 20:34-40 (The Message)
 ^34-38Jesus said, "Marriage is a major preoccupation here, but not there. Those who are included in the resurrection of the dead will no longer be concerned with marriage nor, of course, with death. They will have better things to think about, if you can believe it. All ecstasies and intimacies then will be with God. Even Moses exclaimed about resurrection at the burning bush, saying, 'God: God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob!' God isn't the God of dead men, but of the living. To him all are alive."
 ^39-40Some of the religion scholars said, "Teacher, that's a great answer!" For a while, anyway, no one dared put questions to him.

For Reflection
I suppose all of us are concerned about life after death.  Death, in my opinion, is just continuation of life.  Christ died so that we might be free from the fear of death--  free to live the life He intends for us to live, in service to Him.  Some use these kinds of unanswerable questions as road blocks to understanding the truth of God's love and intentions for his people and to discredit the messengers of truth.
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It is difficult if not impossible to see beyond our experience.  We tend to see God and define his intentions from a mortal perspective that is difficult to escape.  Spend some time this week thinking about how you see God and His intentions for human kind.  How much of your concepts are based in your own learned cultural expectations?  For example, what is revealed in God's command to love your neighbor as you love yourself?  How is that challenged in today's society?

Pray for the wisdom to seek the truth of God's intentions.  Pray that you will be open to accept the revelation of God's message.  Pray for the willingness to explore the emerging truths incrementally revealed in each experience with God.