Everyone knows that the world we are living in at this point is in a sorry state.Medicine itself is predicated on healing illness, preventing infection, repairing damage to tissue and organ, person by person.
But what about the Biblical vision of Shalom that rings so strongly, the GREAT NEWS that the word 'gospel' captures?
Beyond the sorry state we see in us and all around us - we know that a better world has to come - the ache in our heart points us in that direction. The amazing fact is that according to the Bible, we are actually the agents, the catalysts, whom God is using to make this happen!
Let us a health-care pilgrims live this out.
The on-going seminar on Biblical Health-care and Ethics being held in Delhi as we speak has brought out an important issue - we are witnesses.
Witnesses to the power of God. But that is not only us as individuals - and even our local churches - rather that *whole* church of any location is a combined witness to the reality of Christ.
What a responsibility we have - and what hope too!
As we live lives of intention - as we willingly submit our selfish ambition and desires in exchange for life-giving truth and freedom of Jesus the Lord - as we seek to love others - even prickly, unpleasant others (often very close at hand to us) - we are going to have to be transformed - and we will see God's gracious hand at work changing our communities for the praise of His glory!
