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As we continue our series on discipleship, we find Peter, along with James and John, on the mountaintop with Jesus. What they experience there is almost hard to imagine. It is an incredible moment where they gain a glimpse of the glory of God, and heaven opened. Understandably, Peter wants this moment to last, but Jesus and his disciples need to head back down from the mountain, and to the work that is before them. As we follow Jesus, there are sometimes incredible and overwhelming moments where we see God's power and presence clearly at work. We might want to stay in these moments forever, but they are meant to fill us for our continued journey of serving and following the Lord.
This Sunday evening we begin a short series on the book of Habakkuk. The book is a dialogue between the prophet and the Lord regarding what is happening with the Lord's people, and what the Lord is doing about it. The book opens with Habakkuk's cry for justice regarding the things happening among God's people. God then replies to the prophet, but not in the way he expects. This dialogue reminds us we have an audience with God as his redeemed people, but also reminds us that his ways are not our ways. ...
The story of Deborah invites us to ask several questions, like “What current situation of mine calls for my courage?” And “Who is the real Deliverer of God’s people? It is God Himself, of course, who uses an unlikely trio of ordinary people to accomplish his purposes. If so, then “What important, but shared role, might God be calling me to join with others in for His purposes today?” ...
One of our values at Friendship is being a community which is multi-generational. So, for the next several weeks, we are planning to lean into this value, by reflecting on the blessing and calling God gives to us throughout the various stages of our lives. We begin this week with childhood, and the reminder of the joy and wonder of this stage of life, as well as how God would have us all learning from our children in our faith. ...
