Bluewater Bay Campus eLetter
From Our Associate Campus Pastor
"When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, 'Who then can be saved?' Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." - Matthew 19:25-26
As we keep journeying through the book of Matthew, Jesus teachings begin to get a little more....intense. He starts bringing us face to face with the upside-down-and-backwards ways of God's Kingdom that are totally different from the ways we operate naturally apart from God. Jesus teaches us that the lowly are actually great, that those who have been forgiven much must forgive those who have wronged them (a little or a lot). Right here in chapter 19, Jesus starts what some of us with a Southern bent might call, "meddling"! He speaks some hard words about marriage and divorce, and about riches in the Kingdom of God.
Unfortunately, probably most of us have experienced a marriage that ended in divorce, whether it was our own or that of a person we love. Most of us, regardless of whether we consider ourselves wealthy, "well-off," or even in a season where money is tight, experience wealth that some nations around the world could only dream of. So when Jesus brings up these teachings on divorce and on wealth/greed, it can be hard to know how to respond.
My hope for each of us is that we would bring all of ourselves to Jesus. Even the parts of us that cringe or shrink back at a portion of Scripture. Even the parts of us that grieve past situations and choices that we are living in today. Even the parts of us that long for God to bring redemption and help us become more like Jesus. And that we would not be discouraged and defeated, but that we would become even more dependent on Jesus and willing to give Him full authority in our lives.
This is why we are journeying TOGETHER in the Word this year. If you are reading through the New Testament this year and struggling with something you read, my hope and prayer is that you'll bring it to someone in your life who also loves Jesus - your Multiply group, Life group, friend, or even Billy or me! We can trust God to lead us and guide us more into His will, day by day. And NOTHING in our lives - past, present, or future - is outside of God's ability to redeem and restore!
"With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
Grace and Peace,
Meredith Aylward Jordan, Associate Campus Pastor
P.S. Check out the tabs below for upcoming events this week/month! WOMEN - Aspire Conference is Saturday! EVERYBODY - Serve Day, Discover Crosspoint, Baptism Sunday, and more! 🙂
