Living in the Spirit
September 25, 2018
Scripture Reading: Esther 7:1-6, 9-10, 9:20-22
Mordecai recorded these things, and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, enjoining them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and also the fifteenth day of the same month, year by year, as the days on which the Jews gained relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and presents to the poor. —Esther 9:20-22
Do we really know and acknowledge what a wonderful God we worship? As individuals do we relish the presence of God in our lives who loves us unconditionally and goes through hell and back with us if needed? What about communities of faith, when was the last time we celebrated in worship God’s acts in our lives?
Sometimes I fear we take God for granted believing we hold some state of privilege that others do not share. God loves all of God’s children. Frankly, we are tasked with being God’s hands and feet as we work together with peoples of all the world to assure that they have enough to fulfill their potential.
We’ve a story to tell to the nations,
that shall turn their hearts to the right,
a story of truth and mercy,
a story of peace and light,
a story of peace and light.
Refrain:
For the darkness shall turn to dawning,
and the dawning to noonday bright;
and Christ’s great kingdom shall come on earth,
the kingdom of love and light*.
Prayer: Lord, help us fulfill our responsibilities of serving others in your name. Amen.
*First verse and refrain of We’ve a Story to Tell to the Nations by H. Ernest Nichol, see at https://www.hymnsite.com/lyrics/umh569.sht