Atlanta Westside Presbyterian Church
The Superior Son
Embrace Limitations
Ephesians 5:22-33
Cultivate Place
Aim for Restoration
Ephesians 4:17-32
Embody Grace
Ephesians 4:1-16
Prize the Heart
di Walter Henegar
The first advent of Jesus was marked by the presence of angels, but who are they, and what is their relationship to him? Hebrews 1 explores this relationship, emphasizing the absolute supremacy of Jesus over all things, including the scary-cool angels. Even more striking is that both Jesus and his angels have stooped to seek and serve human beings. We, then, are called to respond to this great salvation with the same trust and obedience that the angels give Jesus.
Embracing limitations does not mean lowering expectations. When we acknowledge our real physical, spiritual and emotional limitations, God delights to show his power working through them, or through other people. Embracing our limitations becomes, paradoxically, a way of maximizing collaborations, expecting God to do more than we could ever try to do ourselves.
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God designed people to live in dependence on him and in interdependence with the created world: In Hebrew, humankind is adam, and the ground is adamah. This design has been complicated by our fall into sin, but it is being redeemed by the work of Christ. When Christ returns, he will fully restore our relationship to himself, to our bodies, and to the earth. Until then, Christians have the privilege of living in alignment with our design, while resisting many of the ways our society tends to deny it.
The story Zaccheus illustrates how the grace of Jesus restores us to a healthy relationship with God, with each other, and with our community.
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The Good News of Jesus is not just preached but felt, embodied in the lives of people in community.
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What steeps in your heart steers your whole life – either closer to the Lord, or farther away from him.
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