The story of Nicodemus, heard anew. Let those who have ears to hear hear:
He is, out late at night, in a bad neighborhood. Nic is an expert, a leading Jew. That’s why he’s out at night. This guy has a controversial reputation.
The mission? Check his credentials.
The gambit? Give the man his due, he couldn’t do the things he’s been doing if he wasn’t a man of God, see what he says for himself.
But now, all of a sudden, he’s telling me, the credentials aren’t the issue. “I need to be what??? The h… you say, we have structures for this stuff.”
“Yes, but the structures don’t matter. It’s like the wind.”
“It’s what?”
“What matters is the will of God — the work of God’s Spirit. That will pretty much go where it wants to go — like the wind. And you can go along or not, believe or not, but in the end, God judges.”
“Aw, come on. We are the authority. We are the people of God. God put us here and we are in charge — sizing ‘em up, setting up, knocking ‘em down, blessing and cursing.”
“Sorry, Nic. It doesn’t work that way.”
“But we are the establishment.”
“Yes, but he is the last word.”
Wonderful, funny, true and so much more.
Carol Lawson