After nearly three months in the book of Numbers, it’s good to return to the New Testament and talk about Christ every week for a while. We will be looking at Christ in the book of Luke and focusing on his upward, inward and outward reach in life. As Martin Luther King reminded us last week, most people are content to concentrate on one dimension of life. He called it the length of life, and it’s the part that involves being a better person: better at our jobs, better at our various roles, more self-disciplined. It’s an inward focus to make ourselves better, and if we are not careful, we can become convinced that’s all there is to mastering life. It’s the stuff that most New Year’s resolutions are aimed at…losing a few pounds, getting more organized, exercising, etc.
Yet, there is more to life than just length of life, more than just an inward focus. There is an outward and upward aspect to life, too, which is crucial. We need to look no further than the life of Christ to see perfect examples of how a complete person might integrate those things. Jesus was amazing in how he was able to keep all three aspects in harmony…the inward, the outward, the upward. For the next several weeks we will be looking at Jesus in the book of Luke to see how he integrated these three aspects of life to be the most complete person who ever lived.
Mark
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