No Final Solution
2 Corinthians 5:18
“Everywhere the attempt [has been made] to have the kingdom of God present not only to faith but to sight.”
—SANCTORUM COMMUNIO
History is replete with Christian attempts to achieve some point of finality. There have been those who have claimed that they know the date of the Lord’s return. Others have claimed that they have the right doctrine, the true form of Christian community, or that they constitute a final renewal movement. Behind these claims lies the desire to achieve some point of ultimateness, security, and certainty. However noble these desires may be, they finally lead us astray and produce rigidity or idolatry. For the Christian life is not one of certainty, but one of faith; not one of security, but one of risk; not one of ultimateness, but one of hope; and not one of safe arrival, but one of journey.
Meditation
The one thing that is certain is that we—with all our ideas, structures and institutions, doctrines and principles—will need to experience ongoing change in the light of God’s Word and the work of His Spirit.
What is your prayer thought for today’s lesson?