clinging to the mercies of God

Jesus came to reconcile. He came to reveal the world upside down, while showing that it was in need of being turned right side up--and that only He, through the power of the Almighty God, could do so. Man (myself included, of course) desires quick fixes; anything to get me from here to there quickly and easily. Unfortunately this results in one word: Disconnection. It does not build sustaining relationships, it does not have historical perspective or context, and it is focused on the self and its "needs".

But Jesus gave a new path...and He sent His Spirit to usher along the new path. Upon His life, death, and resurrection, man was no longer able to say, "If only God knew my thoughts and emotions"...or, "If only He understood." Jesus lived and experienced life as a man that, though without sin, everything would be completed in Him until the day He returns to usher in the new kingdom. His people can look at the world and emanate confidence in the midst of paradox, because hope is in God and does not simply rest on knowledge or common sense alone. This hope rests on truth of God! As Chesterton wrote, we are living in an upside down world, clinging to the mercies of God. May it be so.