will_of_god

As we are called to live standing in protest to the broken and failing world around us, we face those who may not so much in favor of us calling broken what we call to be broken. This may cause us to be relegated to the outside of social, personal, and family circles. It would be far to easy to stay there - but instead He call us to follow Jesus in the Way of Jesus - back into the fray. We must stand in protest for those who are but a few degrees different than we - wholly created by God, but trying desperately to stay clear of His kingdom. We look at the story of the Prodigal Sons, seeking to see how we too are broken, but at our core He has fixed us, and is maturing us through discipline, maturing and love to make us into instruments to declare abroad His mighty deeds to those still in the darkness.

As we continue to look at Peter's story and his heart to encourage, reprove and spur fellow believers on in their journey to follow Jesus, we are once again faced with suffering. This particular passage deals with suffering in a unique way - as a testimony & confirmation of Who & what they believe in. It is a confirmation that they are following in Jesus' way, that the Holy spirit is in us, and fulfilling the will of the Father for their lives. We look deeper at what it means to follow Jesus - what is the will of God for our lives, and how our view of who He is and the future that He promises affects our view of the world and those who revile us for what we believe.

Remember the Gospel.