Words of Steel

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Taking the Message with You…

Reflecting on Worship from Palm Sunday (3-24-13)

When I was a kid, we would spit and swear when we wanted to be believed “beyond question.”  If that wasn’t good enough there was the last resort of all:  cut your thumb and offer it as proof you were telling the truth.  If your friend accepted your pledge he would touch your thumb with his (cut or uncut).  Kind of gross, huh?

Even as kids the power of a blood covenant seemed like words of steel.  Perhaps this is also true for us as we hear again the passion, suffering and shedding of Jesus’ blood.  This is a word of God that can be believed.  What was that word?  The very life of Jesus was that word:  A word that is to be believed.  Everything he said and did is to be accepted and believed as the true Word of God.  In this gift and pledge there is new life.

God’s coming near to make a pledge that will change everything for us, when we accept it.  Do you find acceptance within you for this kind of pledge from God?  It seems that words of steel are given so that they can be believed.  Perhaps that makes clear the work we have to in this all.  Believe God.  Thank goodness that this is still, even more encouragment for us to believe that Jesus life and death.  It comes on Easter.   If you can accept the pledge in this death, given for us – then receiving the life that comes with Easter will not be far behind.  AMEN

Pastor Mitch