James 2:5-7: The Down-and-Out
Friday, October 7, 2022
When we listen to the Gospel closely we know that for God all things are possible. When read the familiar histories of the Old Testament with care we know that with God all harm is turned to good. When we live in the truth of God as James calls us to do we know that in God life is always lived as inversion. James speaks to us again today.
Listen, dear friends. Isn’t it clear by now that God operates quite differently?
When we rest in God we do not fear the unknown.
He chose the world’s down-and-out as the kingdom’s first citizens, with full rights and privileges. This kingdom is promised to anyone who loves God.
When we play in God we do not shrink from trouble.
And here you are abusing these same citizens! Isn’t it the high and mighty who exploit you, who use the courts to rob you blind?
When we pray with God we will always find our way home in peace.
Aren’t they the ones who scorn the new name—“Christian”—used in your baptisms?
When we live in the Spirit we will act as God acts – always offering peace for war, always raising prayer for hatred and always remembering to love in the face of evil. When we live in Christ we will always live in inversion.
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