7 July 2017
Not too many people like to go to the doctor. Unless it’s just a regular checkup, if we’re
at the doctor’s office it probably means that something isn’t right. And, I suppose, as we sit here in church, it’s
kind of like we’re sitting in the doctor’s office. Only the doctor we’re coming to see is the
best.
I mean, he has a way of telling us that we’re “sick,” but
somehow it’s not depressing, but reassuring.
We’re sin-sick people, and we know it; thanks be to God. It’s good to know the truth about ourselves;
it’s good that Jesus reveals our weaknesses to us. But, more importantly, he reveals the truth
that we’re each lovable and acceptable to God.
Jesus is the best of the best, when it comes to doctors. He examines us, and tells us the truth about
ourselves, and it’s wonderful to hear what he has to say. He’s the kind of doctor we want to come back
to again and again. Other people “out
there” may focus only on our faults and failures. God sees all that in us, of course. He knows full well that we’re imperfect
sinners. But God focuses more deeply on
the reality that we’re his beloved sons and daughters in Christ. That is most important to him.
Here, as we sit in the divine doctor’s office, Jesus gives us
the medicines of love and mercy. He
knows that’s what we need. Thanks be to
God we’re sitting in the doctor’s office.
It’s so very healing to know we’re in a place where there’s always a
place for us at the table.
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