One man's journey to find the way home |
This is my next sermon and reflects how we see God putting us to the test. Who is God after all. A family reunion is in order and with a sense of looking forward to reconnecting the obvious need to overcome what is disconnecting the people from God and each other. The book of Malachi is about returning the message of God. They have heard there cries heard in Egypt and are no longer slaves. They know what it is like to enter the promised Land and then become disobedient. The hope is that they will return to the blessing and blesser who is God. Give the tithe out of remembering the messenger who gave life in the first place and discover what it means to be family so others around can join. I celebrate family reunion. In a few weeks I will be with my brothers and sisters for the first time since their death. My sister who is setting this up is the same one I sent flying down the stairs in a refrigerator box. I go back celebrating how God answered my own prayer. I had just got written up after a wonderful journey of going back to work at a place where I was loved. I feared rejection until I in faith took a tithe of money earned and did indeed see full blessing. The extreme debt we were under is gone and I find myself celebrating God's work through the church out of my willingness to give. How could I not want this for you. Malachi speaks in other parts of this book about a messenger who will let others know of the Messiah Jesus. So I offer the challenge to give of your life and see how God will reward you and in the same sense reconnect you. Sing hallelujah to the Lord. |