Surprise!
Imagine it. There is a celebration and all the rejoicing is over you. Some of us may hate the idea of a surprise party, but try to remember a moment when you felt genuinely and deeply celebrated. Even if specific memories don’t come to mind I think we can all imagine what that feels like. Life-giving. Beautiful. Powerful.
Last week I asked all of us to get honest about the ways we are trying to build a life for ourselves apart from Jesus. Then, sincerely and honestly, to pray the same prayer as the tax collector from Luke 18:13, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!” Now with three stories recorded in Luke 15, Jesus shows us how God responds to those honest prayers of repentance.
We all need to hear how God responds. When we learn to hear God’s response day in and day out, we will finally find the transforming life-giving power to become the people we long to be and that God is shaping us into.
Read, meditate and pray through Luke 15. I can’t wait to worship together.
Pastor David
