Sunday Reflection (December 3, 2023)

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The Apostle Paul reminds us in 1 Corinthians that we in Christ’s Church have also been made into a people of God (1 Corinthians 1:2-8). We have been called into the light of God’s love revealed to us in Christ Jesus. Paul challenges us to remain steadfast to the end so that we be blameless at his coming, yet who believes that he or she will be blameless to the end? We can hope, but let’s be real: “All our righteousness is as filthy rags and we all have gone astray” as Isaiah said.
 
Paul presents us with a challenge, but with that challenge is a comfort, not a loophole, a comfort: “God is faithful!” God is faithful to us despite our imperfections. God is faithful “to infinity and beyond.” We have been brought into fellowship and friendship with God through Jesus Christ. “Our calling is not just to perform a mission or to obey certain norms; rather, we are called into a relationship of intimate mutuality with one another in Christ” (Richard Hayes). May we respond to God’s faithfulness by our being faithful to God and others: “To infinity and beyond!”