Very
truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it
remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. John
12:24 (NIV)
When
we die to ourselves – when we give our lives away – God takes our lives and
uses them to bring new life and restore creation and goodness. We are told what
is required of us – to act justly; to love mercy and to walk humbly with God. We are called, in the words of Wendell Berry,
to practice resurrection.
In
a broken world full of inequity and injustice – from human trafficking to
racism to gender violence, and from gossip to consumerism to petty anger – can we
really expect to find true life and happiness in obeying Him as we seek to give
our lives away for others?
I
think we can! I think we must!
