I was thinking a lot about Bill's sermon on Sunday. Is it mundane news (old, boring, lacking novelty) or good news that Kingdom of God came near in Jesus? For Jesus, this was good news. The time of waiting had now been fulfilled and the messiah had arrived . . . and with him the very presence of heaven. The wave was breaking and has been breaking in the 2,000 years since his birth. God is on the move -- really. He's here. He's at work. He's doing stuff today! He's bringing the joy, healing and lifestyle of heaven to this planet now. We've been praying "May your Kingdom come and your will be done here on earth as it is in heaven" for a long time and, guess what, God has been listening to that prayer. This is exciting.
But, I have to be honest with you. It is easy for me to lose this perspective. In the chronos moments of my day, it doesn't feel as if I'm riding the wave of Holy Spirit. Apparently there is some repenting and believing for Jason Brown to do -- at least that is what Jesus suggests is the key to riding the wave. And when I say repenting, I don't think it has anything to do with discontinuing doing naughty stuff. My suspicion is that the repenting I have to do is much deeper and less obvious than that.
So, I'm going to be in the gospel of Mark this summer with many of you, looking for what it means to repent and being wide open to how Jesus and the story told in Mark defines repentance. I'm hoping many of you join in on this journey -- not because it's the right Christian thing to do, but so that we can learn how to be better surfers. My guess is that most of you reading this want more than anything else to jump on board with what God is doing.
Looking forward to reading your posts
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Mon, June 1, 2009
by Jason Brown