Mark 1: 14 After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. 15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
When do we know that it is time to repent? When we have reached the point where it makes no sense to try to go back to “the way things were” and it is a fatal mistake to stay where you are. Repentance calls us to move away from where we are to where God wants us to be.
Think of Harry Truman of Mt. St. Helen’s, WA. He had run a fish camp at the base of the mountain for fifty years. One day he was told that the volcano would erupt soon. He had to get out of his home fast! But Harry wouldn’t move. He had been safe and comfortable in that place for many years. Why should it change now? That day over a thousand feet of the mountain was blown off by the volcano. Harry died because he wouldn’t change.
What does our congregation believe about this time? Should we change and risk losing what we have or stay the same and allow the process of decay to finish us? Jesus says we should believe the good news. We are to trust that he has a mission for us to accomplish and that he will allow us to work with the Lord to call back a sinful people to repent and join in the Kingdom of God.
No comments:
Post a Comment