A widow living alone lays a white cloth on the table, brings out the silver and the engraved glasses, though her guest keeps saying it is only the two of them, and her short reply uncovers something we rarely say out loud. That scene opens a reflection on three fundamental human needs voiced by Moses in his conversation with God after the golden calf (Exodus 33). The sermon moves from Eden through Sinai and the tent of meeting to the words about the Word that pitched its tent among us (John 1). Listen and consider where heaven meets earth today.
The God Who Wants to Be Near
The Promised One
When we live in the present, it’s sometimes easy to forget about eternity and live as if what is here and now were all we can expect. However, the Apostle Paul, in his First Letter to the Thessalonians, though writing about very everyday matters, constantly reminds his readers of eternity, and every chapter of this letter ends with a reference to the second coming of Jesus. He does this because, even though we live in the present and struggle with the here and now, we can learn to view our lives, our daily struggles, and our everyday choices from the perspective of eternity-and that changes everything.
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