We had a guest speaker Sunday and he spoke on I Samuel chapter 22. It is a passage relating one of the times David hid in a cave. He said many things, but the one that stuck with me was the call for Christians to come out of their caves. David went from his cave to hiding in what is called a fortress. At that point he was told by a prophet to come out and get moving. We in the church need to hear the same thing.
We of course need to be praying. We need to be at worship. We need to study and mediate on what we read. There are many things that we need to be doing in our secure world. We need also to come out of that security and get active in the bigger world. I’m not sure what that will look like for each of us, but there must to be ways in which we can influence our environment. One of them is by contacting our representatives in Washington. Don’t overlook giving them a pat on the back if they were actually doing the right thing. Another thing we can do is be more vocal in non-vocal ways. We tend to be afraid to put a sign on our lawn. It might be something we need to do. I know I need to start wearing my Trump hat instead of just letting it hang in my room.
I have a long tradition of not liking bumper stickers or other things stuck on my car or any other place. I don’t like to wear logo clothing. I definitely don’t like T-shirts that have advertising on them. I need to get over that. They’re a bigger issues at stake in my pride.
Find some small way to make a statement or take a stand. Hope that it develops a trend in your life.
homo unius libri
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Opus 2024-225: Monday Pulpit: Cave Free
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We have a sign on our front lawn that says "Jesus 2024 Our Only Hope."
ReplyDeleteBlogger is playing games again and won't let me respond as myself. I like the sign. Of course it would be considered a hate crime by many. Then there are those who might wonder if it was the first name of a Hispanic candidate.
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