This week the readings will all serve to focus us on what it means to live by faith - trusting in God's promises of forgiveness and eternal life through our Lord Jesus. In the Gospel reading Jesus calls us to faith as He reminds us that though we are a small group in a large and hostile world, we are still His little flock who have been given the Father's heavenly kingdom. Our eyes often don't see this glorious inheritance and yet by faith, we are sure of it.
Despite this certainty, the fact that we can't see it with our eyes means that we are tempted to be spiritually lazy as we await Jesus' return. Jesus calls us to be ready for His return so that we don't miss out, and so He calls us to live out the faith in our daily lives, certain of the fulfilment of the promises for which we hope.
We will be especially thinking about how God Himself makes us ready for Jesus' return.
The readings for Sunday are:
Genesis 15:1-6
Hebrews 11:1-3; 8-16
Luke 12:32-40
The psalm is Psalm 33:12-22
God's peace,
Pastor Matt
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