I've been doing a lot of thinking about this whole idea of the spiritual revolution we're invited to join by Jesus. Have you thought much about it since Sunday? Were you thinking about it before? What does it mean to you to join this world-changing revolution? I was reading a book this morning about the ways in which all of humanity is deeply connected yet we live in a world that values individuality so much that we divide and rank ourselves according to what we look like or the standard of living we have. We convince ourselves of how different, better, and analike we are that we eventually become so disconnected to each other in the ways that God created us to live and abide. What happens next is that we in the church try and "create" community for everyone in order to bring us back into the right relationships God intened to exist. I'm beginning to see that when we give our lives to living the revolution with Jesus, that suddenly there are some incredible cool and spiritual things happening in us personally. I'm finding that we will begin to look upon this world and see it as ours...ours to protect, ours to love, ours to freely live in. We begin to see others (not just americans, but everyone) as people who are deeply connected and much alike to us. The scriptures tell us that God is the one "for whom and through whom everything exists". The revolution helps us become aware of the commonalities we have with everyone...so maybe we can't really create true community, maybe it's discovered. If the revolution Jesus lived was about bringing Heaven to earth (Kingdom of God) and it's the life he wants the church to live, than I'm certain that living in true community with people and seeing this world as ours is the greatest thing we can do to to bring Heaven to our world.
BTW...I recently saw a brilliant movie that portrays a lot of what I'm talking about here...it's called Babel. The story does a great job of revealing our connectedness. It contains some very graphic scenes, so be aware that it may not be the kind of film you'd appreciate.
Peace and Love,
Rex
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