Blah Guy

There is small talk that “the office” may spin-off a show for Dwight. Read the article. Every believer in the world should pray that this doesn’t happen!

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom to the prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”

Luke 4:18-19

Tell us what you really think Jesus?

The poor, the prisoner, the blind, the oppressed? What is this talk?

Some revolutions* come and go in violence. Death is left in its wake like a plague eating humanity from the inside out. These revolutions always begin with one thing in mind. Conquest. Taking over. To have just one more pay taxes. Just a little more income; enfranchising, enforcement, encroachment.

Some revolutions begin with something else in mind. They are few and far between because there is little to be gained but much to be given. People are not locked down and controlled, they are released. Their chains are destroyed and put aside for want of new life and freedom.

One revolution brings chains; another breaks them.

Listen to the words of this Jesus. He mentions all the unmentionables. Beggars, murderers and child molesters, people who need glasses (and those who altogether can’t see a thing), those who make less than minimum wage. And with one swoop of the savior, all things were meant for change. His vision is never pro-stagnation. He brought the change machine.

And this Jesus came to begin the most silent revolution this world has ever seen. From creation to crisis to calling to covenant, he has slowly but surely begun the process of eradicating the world of oppressive (my senior pastor calls them False Authorities) forces which seek to bring those chains back. And where there are chains, this Jesus is dying to bring change (or could we say he died to bring change).

Enjoy this freedom. Change is here!

*This term is used by Brian McLaren in The Secret Message of Jesus.