Are You Being Shrewd Even Though You Are Lost?

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(July 25, 2010 – Luke Wilson)

I am shaking with nervous excitement as I write out how this parable has changed my heart and mind. God led me towards an honest examination of how Christ speaks in this parable. It has been deeply helpful for moving forward in my own story.

Honestly, I have been sitting around waiting for God to give me that moment of “inspiration”. When it came, I wanted to wait around and believe that I should pray more about it or decipher the code and disbelieve that it was the Holy Spirit. But, it was simpler than I expected. For me, this story relates to me working towards my Master’s degree. For a long time I have hesitated from moving forward with this Master’s because I don’t honestly want to do the work. I put on a very excited face and charm when people ask me about doing my Master’s but afterwards I feel far from integrity, closer to pride, and scared that I won’t find a ‘home’. Yet, I have looked at this situation very practically; I have an opportunity to “use” my parent’s money in order to fit into a culture that will see me differently after I have my Master’s. I believe that while this step still makes me cringe, I am going risk being shrewd in order to live a radical future in the work of God’s kingdom.

We as people and a community are constantly being pulled into the purposes of God, in spite of our lost-ness.

(The parable for today is Luke 16: 1-9) (Luke Wilson)

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