Freed Speech!

Pastor Richie shared a wonderful “if-then” statement this past Sunday (paraphrased here):

If we are being the light with no duplicity, then we don’t have to speak; God speaks through us.

It is a wonderful thing when we are freed from the sense of personal obligation to “look good” or “sound good” based on our own assessments. If we will simply seek to be good, if we will joyfully embrace and embody the goodness of God, then His Spirit will guide our speech and actions.

“We don’t have the right to claim that we have done anything on our own. God gives us what it takes to do all that we do. He makes us worthy to be servants of His new agreement, this new covenant that comes from the Holy Spirit and not from the written law. After all, the law brings death, but the Spirit brings life.” (Second Corinthians 3:5-6)

Lord, we are interested in Your agenda for the Bronx and the world: help us to keep our agendas out of Your way. May Your glorious light always shine, obliterating our darkness.