The story of humanity and God tells us that two kingdoms exist in our world; the kingdom of God identified by life, goodness, beauty and love, and the kingdom of the world marked by death, confusion, darkness, and oppression.

God is reminding us that the kingdom of the world tempts us with empty wells—things that seem satisfying but ultimately leave us dry—while Christ offers us a kingdom of living streams that quench the thirst of our souls.

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Life is full of challenges. We are constantly bombarded on all sides. It’s hard to blame ourselves from living in fear and feeling that we have little trust to give — even to God. Afterall, even the faithful know bitter disappointment and crushing pain. 

Faith is not the absence of doubt or struggle. It is learning to wait, to trust, to cry out, and to keep believing—even when the answers don’t come easily.

Psalm 27 is a gift for us today. It is a prayer that we can carry with us in honest petition to God in the midst of our messy, awesome, turbulent, smooth, heartbreaking, and joyful lives.

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This is the paradox of the kingdom of God: true strength is found in humility. The world tells us that to confess our failures is weakness, that to lower ourselves before another, makes us small. But in Christ, confession is not a loss—it is a gift. 

Throughout this season of Lent we will be considering how pouring ourselves out to God in worship and confession empties us of false strengths and weak approximations of God’s true grace and mercy.

We will also be exploring the immeasurable ways in which God has poured himself out for us. Confessing this truth of God’s character is the critical second act of our confession of faith.

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Together in these moments together we will worship and reflect and be blessed by our loving God.

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In the Transfiguration, God has revealed to us, through Jesus, what he is really like. 

“God is like Jesus. God has always been like Jesus. There has never been a time when God was not like Jesus. We have not always known what God is like—but now we do. (Brian Zahnd, Word of Life Church)

As Jesus proclaims to us what God is like, he works through our lives, in the Holy Spirit, to then proclaim what God is like to those that we come in touch with. This is the proclamation we make as God transfigures us.

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Whether you are a student in school, a young adult navigating friendships and dating, a working professional, a parent of kids, or a wise elder, we are constantly faced with people who get in our way, who block our goals, are mess up our flow, our way of doing things, or perhaps who actively oppose us, threaten us, or harm us. As cliche as it sounds, we are constantly presented with the challenge of loving our enemies.

Across time and cultures, the Golden Rule remains a universal moral guide, promoting a more compassionate and just society—but it is not easy. It remains one of the most challenging aspects of our daily lives.

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Jeremiah’s prophetic words were full of honest naming of the infidelity to God that led to his people’s destruction—but his message also was saturated in lovingly poetic promises of God’s faithfulness if his people would humble themselves and confess their sin, and return their trust to the Lord.

Will we be like the parched thorn bush in the desert sands or the deeply rooted tree by the water’s edge, unbothered by the heat nor worried by long months of drought, our leaves evergreen, consistently producing good fruit?

The tree and the thirst, this is our invitation today — a life that is not driven by fear but sustained by trust, not restless in vain striving, but rooted in God’s deep peace.

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God has proclaimed, “Unto us a savior is given,” and Jesus has invited us to come and see, go and tell — “making Christlike disciples in all the earth.” So today, we consider the call of God upon our lives and we find encouragement in God’s equipping and guiding us in living the call.

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Long after the rest of the world has moved on from the decorations of Christmas, the church remains wrapped in light and greenery because we want to remember, we work to remember — the light has come, and the light of Christ shines brightly through us.

As we celebrate Epiphany and Candlemas, and the final Sunday of having our Christmas decorations on display, we consider how our love becomes a flame through which the Holy Spirit shines brightly to all the world.

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What if, in the midst of a culture that celebrates individualism, we are instead called to embrace belonging, humility, and responsibility within the community of faith? The Gospel message suggests that our purpose is to live in openness to others through service, acts of love and kindness, and protecting the most vulnerable among us.

At a time when the world shouts, “ME is greater than WE!” Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians challenge us to consider that perhaps we’ve got it backwards—maybe WE is greater than ME.

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