Acts 18:23-28: Re-Visitation
Monday, June 3, 2019
In today’s Noontime we read of how Paul returns to a people of whom he is particularly fond, the people of Ephesus. It is to them that he writes the beautiful letter about the dynamism of our human experience, about how we are to arm ourselves with the armor of Christ, and of how our lives are a special journey of collaboration with one another and our creator. Just when we think we know all we need to know about who we are and what we must do, God shuffles are circumstances just enough to keep us learning. We ought not balk at this.
Paul does not consider his work done once he delivers his message and moves on. He returns, he sends letters, he reconsiders, re-states. Just when we believe that our faith cannot be stronger, our hope bigger and our love more merciful, a new experience calls us to new depths and heights.
Today we read of how Priscilla and Aquila re-instruct Apollos to bring him to a more accurate understanding of The Way so that he can give great assistance to those who have come to believe through grace.
My Dad used to say: You never know what you can do until you do it. When we believe we are too lost, when we believe we know it all, when we believe there is no hope, when we believe that nothing can harm us, when we believe that there is no love, when we believe that we have seen the limits of love . . . in all of these we are mistaken. For God can take us to new heights, new depths, new breadths of ourselves. And with each new revelation we grow closer to him, we gain a more accurate understanding of The Way . . . so that we can give great assistance to those who have come to believe through grace.
There is no greater gift than the opportunity to re-investigate who we are, what we do, and why we do it. As we read of how the first followers of Christ re-visited places, relationships and ideas, let us also be unafraid to re-visit old territory with a new eye. We may find joy in people and places we thought were lost to us.
For more on Aquila. Priscilla and Apollos click on the image above or go to: http://neatnik2009.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/feast-of-aquila-priscilla-and-apollos-february-13/?blogsub=confirmed#blog_subscription-2
A re-post from May 20, 2012.
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