WHO IS IT YOU WANT?

 

WHO IS IT YOU WANT?

IF IT IS JESUS, WHAT KIND OF A JESUS YOU WANT?

Do you want a Jesus who acts within the context of your expectations? Are you trying to provoke Jesus into a decisive moment to light the spark of your own glorification? Are you longing for change and liberation from the yoke of oppression? Are you testing Jesus hoping to compel him to act with force to garner a worldly fortune?

Jesus’ mission was fundamentally at variance from these questions and expectations. He embodies a profound calm and grace. Jesus does not run away from issues. He does not intend to fulfill expectations of a violent uprising or upheaval that mankind wants him to lead from the front.. He did not come to the world to establish a kingdom through brute force. We can never provoke him into a decisive moment to light the spark of a revolution. Jesus is not a revolutionary messiah whom we can manipulate to achieve our own desires. He radiates radical love and redemption for those who betray him.  Jesus resides in us when we recognize the complexities and betrayals of our own hearts.  He transforms our misunderstandings into opportunities for deeper faith.

A simple question, I have.

Where is the Church now? Does the Church have Jesus with them?

When spirituality has given way to accumulation of wealth, appropriation of power, corruption and rampant misappropriation, can we ever perceive Jesus is with the Church at the current juncture?

Events that unfurl in quick succession reveal that Jesus apparently has no place in the Church.

Who does the Church want?

It is Jesus and no one else.

Even if you forget Jesus, he does not forget you. Just as we think Jesus is not backing us up, he is always there behind the curtains, shielding us. Trust him even as you think he has forsaken or abandoned the Church.

He can transform the Church. He will transform the Church.