‘In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor
Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was ruler of
Galilee, and his brother Philip ruler of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis,
and Lysanias ruler of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and
Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness...as
it is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah, “Every valley shall be filled,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low...”’ (Luke
3:1-5)
Jesus’ relative John
demonstrates the true human calling to be king and priest over and for creation
within the world by enabling the wilderness to rise up in praise and bow down
in worship of its God.
This is what happens
when we take grain and grape and transform them into bread and wine; or iron
and transform it into a gate; or wool and transform it into a garment; or
wilderness and transform it into a garden; or...
How will you fashion
the world and offer it back to God as its own act of worship today?
For me, one way will
be to take ingredients and prepare them into a meal.
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