It's All About Jesus
The Pace of Life
You feel it. I feel it. Just about everyone seems to feel it. It's the "spin," the "speed," and sometimes the "scatteredness" of the life we succumb to.
Sometimes we just need to stop and remember what this life is all about. With so many things crying out for our attention what will we give our life to? What will we give our life for?
With so many things demanding our attention, this passage in Ephesians reminds us about where to keep our focus. It's not another agenda, or another piece of information to master, or another task to complete, but on a Person. A Person, Who though busy enough, is never rushed, and Who always has time to not only listen to us, but to simply be with us. In His conversation with His disciples on the evening before His crucifixion, He reminded them that it was He Who was (and is) "the truth." Truth is personal and relational. And when we truly grasp truth in that way, we find that being personal and relational becomes central for us as well. The "truth" is every bit as much about "who" as it is about "what." And it is in knowing that, that we are free from the need to rush from one task to another in order to be (or feel) significant, and are simply able to be there for each other.
Those are the dynamics of the Christian life that Pastor John explores with us in the sermon this week. If you would like to pursue this some more and listen to the sermon once again, or perhaps for the first time, you can do so by accessing our sermon library by clicking here.
Ephesians 1:15-23
(TNIV)
15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people,16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
Questions for Reflection:
Where are the places in my life where I most need to hear the words of this passage?
Where are the places that I feel the most rushed and hurried?
What kinds of things could I do or plan for this week that would help me protect relational time
- for God in my interactions with Him . . . ?
- for those around me in my interactions with them . . . ?