Marketplace Kingdom 5.11—It’s Time For Us All to Grow Up

We need to pray. We need God’s wisdom. All of us. Now. Because even
now, in the midst of the current local, national and global crisis,
the same old conflicts have found a way of emerging in our public
discourse. It may actually be worse now that most of our
interactions are taking place online, behind a keyboard, with no
face to face nuances. It’s just out there. Often unfiltered. Words
on a screen. But it’s there. The same old hair-trigger
disagreements, finger pointing and accusation and criticism and
vitriolic partisan bickering. And people are bound to be more tense
than ever before. Some very important questions arise, even more
acutely now, for an authentic Jesus follower. What do I say now?
What do I do now? What does God want from me? I pray. I go to
church. I talk about Jesus whenever it’s not going cause a
disagreement. Sometimes I talk about Jesus…even when I know that it
will cause a conflict. And I vote. And I sign petitions. I’ve even
attended a rally or two. But what am I supposed to do when it seems
like the people around me are always spoiling for a fight? And when
they don’t want to listen? What does God have to say about that?
Well, you asked. God has two words for us. God says, “It’s Time For
Us All to Grow Up!”