Monday, July 20, 2015

Confluence and Faith

   "All things work together for good for those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28) Confluence or Holy Confluence might be a concise way of labeling that scripture. Was there confluence yesterday (July 3rd) and today (July 4th) in the scriptures I read from "Forward Day by Day" and the journey my mind, and happenstance took me on as other scriptures came to mind?
   Yesterday the scripture from the Revised Common Lectionary as found in "Forward Day by Day" was Acts 8:26-40. It lead me to post this comment on both Facebook and the comment section of Day by Day:
The author of today's meditation says in part that, "Obedience, it seems, leads to bravery…" This is a part of the lesson we can take from the account of Philip and the Ethiopian official. A quote from Hebrews 10:35a says, "Keep on being brave!" (I hope that I am not proof-texting here). Verse 36a says, "Learn to be patient, ..." Further on in Hebrews the author says, "Faith makes us sure of what we hope for and gives us proof of what we cannot see." (Hebrews 11:1) So can it be said that there is a combination of faith, patience, and bravery that we can employ in our vocations as laypersons?

[Scripture from the Contemporary English Version]



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