H.B.&Hw.
Creation is now and ongoing. Out of the dust and chaos
evolves the spirit filled human self, you and me and all
of us, in the image and likeness of God. All the birthing,
building and genesis unfolds in a context of life at once
enticing and good, a positive Garden of Eden. But
somehow it is never enough for our emerging humanity.
We want control. We want absolute control. We want
knowledge. We want all knowledge and we seek to
make our disastrous takeover bid for divinity. God‑
created creatures, there is that within us which would
have us live the lie that we are what we are not. Hence
the ongoing clash of the Titans, good and evil, light and
darkness, life and death, the truth and the satanic lie.
The issues are mega issues seen, felt, experienced and
heard throughout our world and even the universe. The
tsunami is not even a ripple by comparison. We take the
wrong turn and find ourselves out of Eden and into the
wilderness.
Given the God-driven dynamic of the creation, even the
wilderness is context for saving encounter. In the
wilderness, emerges the one who does the truth in the
face of the devil's lie, because he is the truth. The spirit‑
led Jesus proclaims our utter dependence on divine
providence. We certainly do not live on bread alone but
on every word that comes from the mouth of God. There
is more to life than food, drink, shelter and clothing.
There is the infinite mystery of the within-us God who is
love. We may not put this Lord, our God to the test by
living a life that contradicts that same God-given-life.
There is only one God. We must worship the Lord, our
God and serve him alone. Whatever the complexities
and they are infinite, this is where it all begins and never
ends. Like the creatures we are, we must let God be God
and Jesus Christ is our desert witness who reveals the
Almighty God and Father of us all.
In touch with God at the very centre of our being, we
come to know and love our true self, that beautiful
person who comes forth from divine, creative love. Free
from the false self we can be open to reality and right
living follows. We begin to get it together. What we do,
what we have and others opinions of us do not make us.
God makes us. God makes us what we are and God
makes us who we are; called to faith, called to trust and
called to victory in the face of mega evil. The outcome
is not in doubt. Ours is the victory through, with and in
the Lord.
"Oh Lord, open my lips
and my mouth shall declare your praise" (Ps. 50.4) is the
prayer of the creature on behalf of the whole creation.
"Father, you are holy indeed,
and all creation rightly gives you praise."
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