Jan 02, 2022 |
Inevitable Salvation
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulInevitable Salvation
"There's this idea of inevitability in the train that comes right?
Because it's on tracks. We know where it's coming from, and the destination is
already set by the tracks. There's this Gospel language of God's power and God's
deliverance as something that is inevitable. It's on a track it's moving
forward. God is in the world doing the work. And what can you do when the train
comes by? Well, you can get on or not. But you're not the conductor and you're
not the train. You're a passenger in this life. How does it threaten us, God's
presence? And the inevitability of God's work when it takes us out of the
driver's seat? How are we threatened by God's presence when it decenters us? Makes
us not the center of everything. How does it give us hope? How does it give us
relief in peace, even as we're threatened and discomforted? How wonderful is it
to know that the salvation of the world is not on your shoulders? It's
something that's happening, and you're being invited to participate."