Foolish Greeks

Examine me, God! Look at my heart! Put me to the test! Know my anxious thoughts!

To open ourselves up to God, is to allow ourselves to be changed by God. God is always looking for openings in our lives to invite us to change. To know that God knows our heart, our anxious thoughts, is to know that God knows us wholly.

As believers, we often confess that God knows us, yet how often do we try to avoid knowing that God knows us. It can be discomforting to know that we are known. So often we want to keep thoughts to ourselves, keep parts of our lives hidden from others. For us to realize that God knows these things about us frees us from the tyranny these things have over us.

Yes, these thoughts and parts of our lives may be counter to the call that God has for us, yet God knows that we have them. God knows that often choose to turn from God, to work to not be in relationship with God.

God calls each of us, everyday to live into the God’s Reign here on Earth. So often we turn from this, what if we were to embrace what God has called us to, what if we were to allow for God to speak into our lives, to test us, to re-form us in God’s image, here and now, so that we may participate in God’s Reign this very day.

That is what it is to be open to God’s movement in our lives.

Amen