Day 194
2 Kings 24:8-25:30, Romans 1:18-32, Psalm 84:8-12
Our arrival at the end of 2 Kings could leave us pretty much in a state of disappointment, although nothing like what the people of Israel felt. We are at the end of a chapter, we are not sure what the next one will hold, and we have been left in exile. This was the final point, when the temple was finally torn apart, the presence of God, the name of God, seemingly left Jerusalem and left them as a people. What happened to the happy ever after ending that all stories were meant to have.
There is a happy ever after though, and that came in Christ. That in creation the invisible power of God was known to all people. A couple of things recently have brought me back to a real passion I had around Christmas, looking at the vastness of the universe contrasted with the person of Christ. All of that power brought together in the very being of God as man in Christ Jesus. Paul, when writing to the Romans brings us to that point again, how the invisible power of God is made clear to us in the person of Christ. An awesome thought.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020518.html
It seems ironic that our psalm sits with this final reading from 2 Kings. The people were far from their place of worship and longing to spend one day in his court, certainly when compared with thousands of days in exile. Is this something that we long for? When we look at this picture, when we know that we can enter into his presence, spend all our days in his court, do we really long for it, with all our hearts? What are you longing for today?
Our arrival at the end of 2 Kings could leave us pretty much in a state of disappointment, although nothing like what the people of Israel felt. We are at the end of a chapter, we are not sure what the next one will hold, and we have been left in exile. This was the final point, when the temple was finally torn apart, the presence of God, the name of God, seemingly left Jerusalem and left them as a people. What happened to the happy ever after ending that all stories were meant to have.
There is a happy ever after though, and that came in Christ. That in creation the invisible power of God was known to all people. A couple of things recently have brought me back to a real passion I had around Christmas, looking at the vastness of the universe contrasted with the person of Christ. All of that power brought together in the very being of God as man in Christ Jesus. Paul, when writing to the Romans brings us to that point again, how the invisible power of God is made clear to us in the person of Christ. An awesome thought.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap020518.html
It seems ironic that our psalm sits with this final reading from 2 Kings. The people were far from their place of worship and longing to spend one day in his court, certainly when compared with thousands of days in exile. Is this something that we long for? When we look at this picture, when we know that we can enter into his presence, spend all our days in his court, do we really long for it, with all our hearts? What are you longing for today?
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