Matthew 4:1-11
We are not going to be able to put on Jesus’ shoes here. They just don’t fit. This experience in the wilderness is his. The temptations, the testing, is for him alone as he prepares to begin his earthly ministry. Immediately after his baptism, before he begins to preach, before he even forms his community of followers called disciples, he goes through a wilderness struggle. Is it soul searching? Continue reading “Sermon: Soul Searching”
GOD: Will you come and follow me, if I but call your name? Will you go where you don’t know and never be the same?
HUMANS: Let me turn and follow you and never be the same.
GOD: Will you let my love be shown, will you let my name be known;
HUMANS: In your company I’ll go where your love and footsteps show
GOD: will you let my life be grown in you, and you in me?
HUMANS: Yes, I’ll move and live and grow in you, and you in me.
(adapted from v. 1,4 The Summons, John Bell)
Is God moving, living, growing in you?
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