Observation: Jesus' contemporaries have a certain picture in their heads of what a "Messiah" looks like, and Jesus isn't it. Yet he is both the spiritual (and according to the other Gospels the literal) heir of David. In my other reading for today from 2 Samuel, David expects to build God a "house", meaning a temple, but God promises instead to build a "house", or lineage, for David.
Application: Church is changing. It was always supposed to be about people and relationships more than buildings and programs. But let me tell you, as a pastor with no church building or office, who just spent an embarrassing amount of time putting together a church mailing, this comes with complications.
But it is reminding me of the true nature of the Body of Christ: a house, a spiritual lineage, who may not always have center stage in society or big cathedrals on the square, but will always be a home for God's Spirit, and a warm place for those in need of hope.
God, help me be your home. Amen.
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