The full biblical revelation has given us the history within the history, the coherence inside of the seeming incoherence. The clear goal and direction is mutual indwelling, where "the mystery is Christ within you, your hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27).
Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation
"Mutual Indwelling"
Monday, 29 September 2014
"Festival of Michael and all the Holy Angels"
"A Coherent Pattern"
The full biblical revelation has given us the history within the history, the coherence inside of the seeming incoherence. The clear goal and direction is mutual indwelling, where “the mystery is Christ within you, your hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). In this mutual indwelling you no longer live as just you, but you live in a larger force field called the body of Christ (Galatians 2:20). As Charles Williams said, the “master idea” of Christianity is co-inherence. But it takes a long time to allow, believe, trust, and enjoy such wonder. Only in the final chapter of the Bible can scripture say, “Now God lives among humans, they have become God’s people, and he has become their God” (Revelation 21:3).
Remember the story of the four-year old who spoke to his newborn brother: “Quick, tell me who made you! Where’d you come from? I’m beginning to forget.” In the complexity of life’s journeys we all begin to forget. As we get older, the patterns become too complex for most people if they totally try to fit it into human logic and eventually they don’t even expect any patterns. As a result, we are facing today a deep crisis of meaning, which has become a crisis of hope, and an empty frenetic scramble for external power, perks, and possessions. It will never work. Meaning always comes from within.
In a sense, the Christ is always too much for us. He’s always “going ahead of us into Galilee” (Matthew 28:7). The Risen Christ is leading us into a future for which we’re never ready for or can even imagine. Only little by little do we become capable of mutuality, of communion, of pure presence. Start with stones, move to plants and trees, return the humble gaze of animals, love your neighbor as yourself, then you will be ready to “entertain angels” (Hebrews 13:2), and finally you will be ready for God—probably not before.
Adapted from Things Hidden: Scripture As Spirituality, pp. 212-214
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