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How to Be Still
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Britney Winn Lee | Read Psalm 132:10-18
Reign of Christ
Sometimes, when I get lost in analytically dissecting my theology by wondering if following this faith is good, I remember that God did not have to make a home among us. Wouldn’t it be logical for an all-powerful Creator and ruler of the universe to remain distant...
Thank you for making your home among us, God. Show me where you are calling me to relocate my life so that I can relate to those in need at the deep level of their loss and hope. Amen.
Second Samuel records the final words of David. David takes comfort in the covenant that God has made with his family, which must be continued by kings who will honor God and rule justly. The psalmist sings of this same covenant with David’s family and the same necessity to follow God’s decrees in order to rule well. Revelation opens with a vision of Jesus Christ, the fulfillment of the Davidic covenant, the King to rule over all kings for all time. Many expected Jesus to set up a political kingdom. Yet in John, Jesus tells Pilate that his kingdom is not an earthly one. This week let us thank God that the kingdom is based not on the exercise of power but on Jesus’ example of serving others.
Read 2 Samuel 23:1-7. What characteristics would you include in a description of a just leader? Where do you see those characteristics in world leaders today?
Read Psalm 132:1-18. What is your vision of Paradise? Who will be seated at the table with you?
Read Revelation 1:4b-8. How do you bear witness to the “Alpha and the Omega”?
Read John 18:33-37. What is your understanding of what it means to live in God’s kingdom?
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