By Pastor Bill Flavin
This week we finish our Ephesians series. Life can throw a lot at us. Ephesians moves to conclude with instructions for how it is that our faith can ground us, and guide us with all life sends our way.
This week we finish our Ephesians series. Life can throw a lot at us. Ephesians moves to conclude with instructions for how it is that our faith can ground us, and guide us with all life sends our way.
As Abram traveled, his family drew the attention of other nations, as they would pass by and through. Abram felt a tension that we all know well. Do I need to take matters into my own hands or do I wait for God’s guidance on this?
When God steps into Abram’s life he has a big ask and promise for him. God promises to make a great nation out of his family. The ask: leave his lucrative life, pack up what he can travel with and head out that way. No clear sense of his final destination, just pack up, and start moving. Take the next faithful step, trusting that God will reveal the next step on the way to the first one.
Throughout the old testament the Israelites were instructed to set up cities of sanctuary for those fleeing from unjust punishment. Joshua 20 can teach us what it means to care for others and what it means to build our lives for the purpose of serving others.