I'm going through Discipleship on the Edge with two of my small group girls right now and during this sermon, I couldn't help but think of the main indicative/affirmation/declaration of the book of Revelation: things are not as they seem.
The indicative/affirmation makes it possible to obey the imperative/exhortation. It answers the huge "Why?" I find myself asking as I read through scripture. Why seek wisdom over gold? Why work for reconciliation? Why tame my tongue? Because things are not as they seem. There is so much more to your everyday interactions than what is visible to the unaided senses.
Things are not as they seem, because Jesus is near....so very near, and we are numb to the unseen realities of the present. This affirmation leaves no room for worry about the future, no room for self-consciousness and frees us to live out the exhortations. Or rather, enables us to live out the exhortation because Being Follows Doing.
Cannot wait for summer!!
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