My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
A theme of the scripture is that “everyman did what was right in his own eyes” and this was the promise of the serpent in the garden of Eden – they would be like God, determining good and evil for themselves. All history, every culture is plagued by this encumbrance. We may become too strict or not hold anything back, but all on this continuum is doing what we see is right. There is a reason some defy their culture and some feel secure holding on to cultural norms. We find comfort in remaining in the continuum. It is our security. Jesus called us out of the continuum to something grander and more beautiful, a life that doesn’t fit on the continuum of cultural norms or cultural freedom. He has called us to something that is holy. In his life, death, and resurection Jesus disrupted the continuum, and will return to destroy it. Whether you are religious, licentious, free-spirited, reserved – all of this falls away when we come face to face with Jesus. Will we hold onto “our own way” and reap the consequences or will we be held in the tender embrace of Jesus?
