Daily Lectionary Readings for November 8, 2010
Psalm 5
Joel 1:15-2:2
Revelation 18:15-24
Luke 14:12-24
Luke 14:12-24
"'Come for everything is ready now.'"
The final word is maybe the most critical. Now. Everything is ready - now. I am presently reading a book by Bill Hybels entitled "The Power Of A Whisper: Hearing God, Having The Guts To Respond". Hybels basic idea is that God is whispering to us on a regular basis - are we listening. The book is full of great illustrations of folks who took major steps in their lives - sometimes risky steps - because they listened to the whispers of God. What this passage impresses on us is the importance of both listening and acting in a timely manner. The window of opportunity in any particular situation may be large or it may be small. There may be time to come at it leisurely or it may be that God means now.
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