October 12, 2021

You know what it feels like to be met with resistance. Trying to get a child to do something she doesn’t want to do. Having your agenda blocked at work. The cold shoulder or unreturned phone call from someone you thought was a friend. You meet yourself with resistance too – your spirit willing but your flesh weak.

When God entered the world, He was met with violent resistance. “He came unto his own, and his own received him not.” (John 1:11) That resistance (our resistance) extended all the way to the foot of the cross.

And yet, God ultimate met our resistance with welcome. Crazy, huh?

“Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Proper 22 – BCP)