In a world filled with hunger, disconnection and death Jesus has revealed life, union and abundance - Bread that is real - He is real Bread. He came into where man had found himself no longer in living in Eden - the place of connection, abundance and meaning.

Beloved His mission was not to help men and women do a better job of making life work.

He restored us to real life - He invaded our world filled with Fabulist promises and said I am....

His is a King who is actually revealing the Love of God and what it means to be an actual human being on earth living in communion with God.

This is Good News beloved - God knows what it means to be a King of a Kingdom and He knows what it means to be a human.

Gods great goal is so much more than removing mans sin problem and giving him a hope of heaven after they die!

Gods great goal is NOT to snatch people away from the earth and all of its problems....this is NOT what we see in the Kingship of Jesus. Jesus is not interested in Herods throne or Ceasars throne He is revealing the life of Heaven on earth in real time.

And then inviting us to do the same!

Jesus is not teaching us that we can never rest

Otherwise he would not have said come to me all you who are weary

Why say that if he did not see or care about weariness?

He is inviting his friends to Rest and the invitation leads them to another place encounter the Father’s Compassion – without compassion we cannot know rest.

What needed to be awoke according to John?

Not a public, social or moral out cry.....one word....

Love and that beloved is Good News!

The most important message the world needs to hear is the Love of God revealed in Christ.

The most important posture of the Church is to live in and from that love!

Little wonder that Jesus would say I am giving you one commandment – Love!

God has not left man in a world of darkness and confusion. To a world of darkness, confusion and chaos - Jesus proclaims with clarity I am the Light of the World!

There is something greater and broader more powerful and life-giving than the forces that push to divide and separate us - its called the Love of God revealed in Christ.

What God always had in mind that He has taken up residence in us- we are talking about a real place - not a geo political structure but the place where Gods love grows and is revealed in real time in actual human lives surrendered to that love.

Grief will come because in this world we will have trouble, but we are never alone: we have our family of believers but much more, we have a loving God who promises us victory, which he has already won. He promises us these earthly sufferings will only be for a moment and we need to put that promise as part of our full armor so we can have peace as we stand.

The contradictions in our lives - and all of us have them - as powerful as they are....they are NOT OUR STORY! The Gospel the love of God revealed in Christ has become our story.

God is telling a Story of His amazing love in and through those very contradictions that actually change’s as His Love touch’s our life and our invitation is to surrender to that good news.

How about if we stop looking at our relationship with God as a means to fix life and make it work and start allowing Him to tell an amazing Story!

Pentecost is the bold proclamation that God has fulfilled His promise to make all things new; A new family has come into being called the Church, the culmination of the crucifixion, resurrection and ascension is the birth of the Church. One family many languages, countries and names telling One story - the Love of God revealed in Christ!

The place where God has chosen to put heaven on display in human lives.