God of Rage vs. self fulfilled God of love

 

So, you left your faith, you want to re connect, but the old concepts still haunt you. Are you sick for the toxic repression of a God of rage, calling you back into submission and fear? There is hope yet. As a friend of mine said, “We suffer from a crisis of imagination.” Maybe you’re reading the wrong pages, old stories with old wine that is passed its sell date. Question all authorities, don’t allow fear and false power enslave your vision of God. There is freedom; imagination and wonder in knowing the God that invites all to the table, all are welcome at this party. There is room for you, your fear, your poorly constructed bias, your childhood wounds, your self-hatred and pride. I know this, because I’m invited to the love that God is with in all these for mention present within me.

 

Jesus teaching #5

The Teaching: Our Creator wants everyone to have union with him, (a full house) but not all will show up or be ready. Don’t give God excuses, give him your presence.

 

The Practice: Make yourself available to God, he wants your presence . Listen for the invitations of the Spirit and respond. Value your connection with your creator above all things.

 

Luke 14:15-24 (NIV)

The Parable of the Great Banquet

15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”

16 Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. 17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

18 “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’

19 “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’

20 “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’

21 “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’

22 “‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’

23 “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full