Imagine 2009
Written by Boyd on Sep 26, 2008
Many people shall come and say, “Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, and we shall walk in His paths.”
For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. He shall judge between the nations, and rebuke many people; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.
O house of Jacob, come and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
In my own time with the Lord each morning I just completed my walk through the Proverbs. (All of you got the jump on me with that book this summer while I was writing.) I decided to spend some time in the book of Isaiah and what is given above comes from Isaiah 2:3-5. It is difficult to read those words, reflect on today’s situations, and not just yearn for a perfectly just God to take over. Maybe even send him to Wall Street.
But that is actually possible and we have been talking about that for three weeks from Romans 12. Imagining life the way it’s supposed to be is the first step to getting there. This awesome God can speak directly to you. He can work with you. You can choose to allow him to. And as we do that together, I begin to imagine where he will take us this year.
This weekend I will share God’s direction for our church with you. Imagine life at PAC in 2009… the way it’s supposed to be. As I share this, it is so incredibly important to remember that the focus is not on what we do, but for whom we do it. It is this incredible God of Isaiah 2 that we serve.
I hope you come to worship this weekend. I will see you there.