Perhaps the angels waited in anticipation and curiosity. The ancients aligned with possibility. What is this that can be? Will there be an answer? How will the un-created respond?

The Holy Uncreated One speaks with action, speaks with joy, speaks with goodness, speaks with a YES!

AND THERE WAS LIGHT.

     YES, there is light. YES, there is form. YES, there is vegetation, creatures of the sea, air and land. YES, there is you and me.

     Life, unexpected, adventurous, unknown, unpredictable, and YES is the door to it all. We are looking for a life of connection with God. When we say YES! To Jesus we are saying Yes! to reconciliation, Yes! to forgiveness, to justice, mercy, grace, love, peace. We are saying Yes! to transformation. If our Yes! is contrary to those things, then it is possible we are saying NO, to God. 

     Now, saying YES, can be quite frightening. It took courage for me to say YES to the idea of holding Rebecca's hand and it took courage for her to eventually say YES to me. "Yes" does mean we are saying NO to other things. We are saying NO to comfort, the norm, habits, lifestyles, patterns, etc. 

     When, in the book of Isaiah chapter 6, Isaiah encountered God in the temple, he said "Woe is me for I am wrecked, for I am a man of unclean lips"! Wrecked is a strong word. He was saying that in contact with the Holy God he became keenly aware of how small, weak, and broken he really was. He must have been aware of how many times he said "no" to God and how his comfort, norm, habits, lifestyle, and patterns were not enough. The goodness and greatness of God made him tremble. But in that moment a seraphim come to Isaiah, touched his lips with a hot coal and pronounced him clean by God. Then the Lord asked, 

"Whom Shall I Send?"

     Isaiah didn't know the task, didn't know the direction, but he knew the Lord. He knew God was about reconciliation with God's self, with others, with self, and with creation.

He said Yes to God and life was changed.

     When God shows up in our life, or when we become aware of God's presence in our life; our life is disrupted. We have a choice to say, Yes, or No. No means that you go on the same. But Yes... it may disrupt your life, you may tremble at the task, you may even fear the unknown, but you can trust the One who calls you to lead you to life.

     What is God asking you to Say Yes! to today?

This series we have begun is about saying Yes! To God. We will be providing guides and tools along the way, our hope is that as we say Yes! to God as individuals and as a body, we may see life change in our lives and community! Say YES!

Peace,

Pastor Cory