Rich Towards God

As we continue our journey through Luke's Samaria (Luke 12:13ff), this message connects our personal pandemic experiences with Israel's exile, the Christian life, and the story of the world, which moves from 1. Garden through 2. life in the Fallen World, towards 3. Heaven. Jesus meets us along the way, listens to our questions, and then plumbs the depths of our hearts by calling forth the ways we life self-referential lives intent on consuming the world around us. Of course, the invitation is always there to open our hearts to the One who comes to journey alongside us, and towards whom everything moves. Indeed, it is sweet freedom to realize that our lives are hidden with Christ, in God. Truly, it sets us free from ourselves, and bends us back towards God and all those created in God's image.