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Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Today’s Reading: 1 Peter 2:11-20
Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 10:1-20; Luke 9:37-60
Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor. (1 Peter 2:16–17)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Sojourners and exiles. Strangers and pilgrims, one of the older translations says. One thing is clear: this broken and dying earth is not your final destination. There is another home prepared for you that the Lord God has set aside for the baptized, you who are washed and sanctified through the blood of Jesus.
That being washed and being made holy has set you apart from the masses. It has re-made you into a person who looks at the world differently, as one who knows there is something bigger, better, and more transcendent behind the veil covering your eyes. But don’t let that go to your head. Don’t get a holier-than-thou attitude about the idea that Christ Himself has a whole New Creation waiting to break into this one and remake it, all for you.
Around you now, the presidential election cycle is in full swing. People are running to the political party of their choice and proclaiming that only their side can save the country! It is tempting to join in the fun. By all means, live out your vocation as a citizen. Be passionate and informed about your beliefs, but do so in love. Honor and respect those in office. Honor and respect those running for office. Speak the truth in love, in an honorable way, that God’s love for you and them in Christ may shine through.
That is what you are given to do as those who are free in the Gospel. You have a heritage of freedom. You are free to live in this world without fear, and that freedom gives you the tremendous ability to love those around you in ways they may never have known, because it is the love of Christ in you that shines like a beacon.
Rejoice in the freedom you have in Christ! Rejoice in the vocation in which He has placed you to love your neighbor. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. –Rev. Duane Bamsch
Heavenly Father, grant Your mercy and grace to Your people in their many and various callings. Give them patience, and strengthen them in their Christian vocation of witness to the world and of service to their neighbor in Christ’s name; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. (Collect for Christian Vocation)
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By Higher Things®Today’s Reading: 1 Peter 2:11-20
Daily Lectionary: Leviticus 10:1-20; Luke 9:37-60
Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor. (1 Peter 2:16–17)
In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Sojourners and exiles. Strangers and pilgrims, one of the older translations says. One thing is clear: this broken and dying earth is not your final destination. There is another home prepared for you that the Lord God has set aside for the baptized, you who are washed and sanctified through the blood of Jesus.
That being washed and being made holy has set you apart from the masses. It has re-made you into a person who looks at the world differently, as one who knows there is something bigger, better, and more transcendent behind the veil covering your eyes. But don’t let that go to your head. Don’t get a holier-than-thou attitude about the idea that Christ Himself has a whole New Creation waiting to break into this one and remake it, all for you.
Around you now, the presidential election cycle is in full swing. People are running to the political party of their choice and proclaiming that only their side can save the country! It is tempting to join in the fun. By all means, live out your vocation as a citizen. Be passionate and informed about your beliefs, but do so in love. Honor and respect those in office. Honor and respect those running for office. Speak the truth in love, in an honorable way, that God’s love for you and them in Christ may shine through.
That is what you are given to do as those who are free in the Gospel. You have a heritage of freedom. You are free to live in this world without fear, and that freedom gives you the tremendous ability to love those around you in ways they may never have known, because it is the love of Christ in you that shines like a beacon.
Rejoice in the freedom you have in Christ! Rejoice in the vocation in which He has placed you to love your neighbor. In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. –Rev. Duane Bamsch
Heavenly Father, grant Your mercy and grace to Your people in their many and various callings. Give them patience, and strengthen them in their Christian vocation of witness to the world and of service to their neighbor in Christ’s name; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. (Collect for Christian Vocation)