Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—this life was revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it, and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us.”
NL Daily Devotion for Monday, June 24, 2024
by R. M. Fergus, Clergy Stuff
We are powerful witnesses for one another. We have all had moments in our lives when God has shown up, sometimes subtly, sometimes dramatically and powerfully. We have all had opportunities to recognize the way God is working among us, in our communities, in our nations, in our world—even though we are daily drawn into despair by the media’s focus on catastrophe. And because we are so inundated by “proof” that a God who is love cannot possibly exist in our current context, we especially need to share with one another “what we have heard, what we have seen with out eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life.” If we keep it to ourselves, we will inevitably begin to doubt our own experience. But when we share it with others and they share with us, suddenly, we find so much evidence of God’s presence and action we cannot possibly doubt. We need this hope. We need this witness. Do not hold back.
Have I had an experience of God showing up in my life that should be shared with others?
