RESULTS

October 12, 2014

Pentecost 18

Exodus 32:1-4
Philippians 4:1-9

[rocking chair - reading, relaxed, thinking]

·      gatherers to farmers - leisure time.

·      what to do when not busy? wonder.

·      creativity can flourish: +ve or -ve

·      idle hands are devil’s workshop: cf. Exodus

·      fear >> impatience

·      cost of doing nothing / opportunity cost

·      they wanted immediate results - didn’t want to wait - afraid to wait - want to be in control

·      last week: living faith = beliefs + actions

·      faith also includes uncertainty

·      accepting a lack of control can stifle wonder

·      ‘boredom’ is dying - is creativity, is wonder?

·      we need wonder - but let’s not lose it in fear

·      from Paul to Philippi church:

¹… stand firm in the Lord

⁴Rejoice in the Lord always

⁸… if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 

⁹Keep on doing the things that you have learned… and the God of peace will be with you.

·      trust in something more

·      wait and see what results from the wonder that emerges

#245VU  “Praise the Lord with the Sound of Trumpet”