PUBLIC PULPIT    OUT OF ALIGNMENT
The loud alarm startled me! This was no gentle Radio Verulam waking me up at my usual time. It was 4.45am! What on earth had jolted my reliable clock off its settings? Yes, I had changed rooms and back again but it had no right to choose its own course!
This made me consider what other things cause trouble if they are out of alignment, shaken out of their normal settings.  Often minor ailments show up through something not quite in line, perhaps a swelling, a bruise, a sore throat.  Some infection or accident has occurred   to change the body’s normal settings.
This month we are celebrating an event in time which potentially brings all mankind back into alignment with God’s purposes.  Christians believe that there was a vast chasm between God and the man he had created brought about by man’s sin. However, God’s son Jesus bridged that gap by taking on himself all our badness, guilt, hurt and shame. He did that by his crucifixion . Then he clinched the deal by coming alive again.
The default setting God planned for us is that we are in alignment with him, knowing his love, and allowing Jesus into our lives.
The reality is that the world has gone off course.
Personally, any one of us can get back to God’s settings with just a simple prayer.” God, please forgive me.  Jesus, please come into my life.  I want to live as you have always planned for me.”

 

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