Reviewing Elijah

 

A few weeks ago in the sermon on October 29, we held close to our heart question, “What are you doing here?” that God asks Elijah when he was hiding in the cave.  What are you doing here is still a powerful, prayerful question for each of us to sit with each day.  We may want to rush to fill that question with actions, because we equate busyness with faithfulness.  We think, “Welp, don’t just sit there, Wes, do something…anything is better than nothing.”  We’ve adopted the Tech philosophy of, “move fast and break things.”  Because we believe the more we break, the more we will have to repair and the more work we can do.  It gives us humans great job security to fill our calendars.

What are you doing here?  Not just the events, but how are you being/showing up here?  What ways are you sharing and shining your light?  Are you showing up with hope, peace, joy, and love (foreshadowing the Advent calendars we will light beginning November 26).  Why are you here?  That, of course, is the great question our whole life tries to answer day-by-day.  Who are and how are you being here, that question of identity that shifts and grows and changes.  When are you being here, is a question that encourages us to look at time, how each of us holds the past, present, and future within us and our relationships. 

I pray today, you will return to this wonderful question, not just for this day but for every day in the coming year.  May you know that you are not alone here.  God’s presence in that still small voice keeps showing up.  May you know that you are not alone here.  I would love to talk to you more about some of the responses your soul is offering bravely in response to the above questions.  May you know that you are not alone here, we long to be a collective community where God’s love shines from the ways we bring our lights and lives together.  Amen.