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Maybe it’s
just me, but it feels like life’s really beginning again.
I’ve long said that I’m powered by the sun. And now the days are warmer, the sun’s setting later; I enjoy being outside and going out to visit people. I can buy a steak and some hot dogs and grill them. No longer do I feel the need to be huddled inside to avoid the cold and the periodic two foot droppings of snow that we had this winter. I know some of you feel the same way. Without the cold and the dark and the snow, there’s no reason to remain huddled inside any longer. In fact, if I try to stay in, I begin to feel a sense of cabin fever. I simply must go out and do! While the analogy is not perfect, I imagine the disciples felt a bit of the same thing as they huddled in-doors in Jerusalem after Jesus’ resurrection. They had remained hidden in Jerusalem because they were afraid that the same forces who took Jesus would take them. But then something different happened at Pentecost. At Pentecost, the holy spirit descended upon all the disciples, and they begin to feel differently. They were emboldened in a new way. They had talents and abilities that they’d never experienced before. No longer could they remain hidden indoors. They simply had to go out, to talk with people, to share the good news of the gospel. They were powered not by the sun but by the Son, and this power source would never run dry. Later this month we celebrate Pentecost and remember the way that the presence of the holy spirit in the lives of these disciples completely changed everything. The holy spirit turned timid disciples, who never quite understood what was happening, into powerful witnesses of Jesus Christ. That same holy spirit is the holy spirit that seals us for God and God’s kingdom. That same holy spirit is the one who calls us God’s own. That same holy spirit is the living presence of God who has made a home in your heart and mine. So now, regardless of what’s going on around us, we are perpetually empowered to be bold witnesses of the love and grace of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Pastor Evan |
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