The podcast of An Opportunity To Testify, based on Luke 21:5-19, is the sermon I preached last Sunday, November 18, 2007. The scripture is from the revised common lectionary Year C. The text of the sermon is here.
Read how we spent our summer which was more Club Medicine, than Club Med. Seriously.
The story of Naaman reminds us that outsiders are not our enemies. They are fellow travelers, fellow sufferers, fellow seekers, equally loved by God. And in God’s economy, they are not just recipients of grace, they are sometimes the ones who lead us to it.
Think about the mentors in your own life. Possibly they were teachers, coaches, pastors, family members, or friends who saw something in you before you saw it yourself. What did they pass on to you? What part of their spirit still lives in you today?
Elijah’s story reminds us that God meets us in the cavern of our own despair and discouragement and changes everything.