Reading: Acts 2:
29-31
“Fellow Israelites, I may say to you confidently of our ancestor David
that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Since he
was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him that he would put one
of his descendants on his throne. Forseeing this David spoke of the
resurrection of the Messiah, saying, ‘He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did
his flesh experience corruption.’”
A promise made to which David clung throughout turmoil, war, death,
and corruption. A relationship he cherished. He saw beyond the limitations of
earth bound decay to God’s promises. He trusted God’s oath—living—breathing
words beyond man’s experience.
Although not descendants of David, we too are given the same promise
of a new life—a new image—a future and a hope beyond the cycle of creation.
And yet we do not often trust. Instead we fight to conquer the
corruptions of heart and body and mind and death with our limited skills. Not
ready or willing to give up control, not willing to believe, or hope, in His
image of resurrection. We hold onto our limited sense of power to find a way to
cheat death our way.
A place is prepared for each of us. A promise extended to all. Nature
unfolds the design cycle daily as one realm closes and new life grows again.
Re-birth in His image the gift of life. Re-birth in His sacrifice the oath of
eternal life.
Lord, help us to truly hear the blessing of Your invitation to live
our lives in a daily relationship that fully trusts now and into a future You
alone can give. The only source of no corruption or decay. Remind us daily that
You have created us in Your image.
Psalm of Worship: Genesis 1: 27
“So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created
them; male and female he created them.”
