Reign of Christ Sunday
November 22nd, 2007This writing is from “A Guide to Prayer for all who seek God”. I wanted to share it with you all.
“We begin the seasons of the church year with anticipation, and we end the seasons of the church year declaring a certainty. In Advent we waited for the needed and longed for definitive and ultimate self-disclosure of God in the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. On Reign of Christ Sunday we celebrate the fulfillment of the biblical revelation of God in Christ.
“Once again the church has listened to, reflected upon, rehearsed in worship, and tried to live in daily experience the redemption story. We come away from the last Sunday of the church year soaked to the core in the revelation of God in Christ. For us, as for those first disciples, there can be no turning back. Here in the light of Christ’s triumphant presence we find our voice and declare once again, Jesus Christ is Lord of all and shall reign as Lord in my life. So committed, we are ready to face every eventually of life because we now know the One in whom our life is found, redeemed and kept secure. Our radical trust is in the One who is completely trustworthy (2 Timothy 1:12). Life in Christ is good and complete.”
On this Thanksgiving Day, I wish each of you many blessings and I thank the precious Lord for all of the blessings that He has given to me. Indeed, life in Christ is good and complete!
Dale
This coming Sunday is known as both “Reign of Christ Sunday” and “Christ the King Sunday”. It is a Sunday when we observe the answer of the church to an increasingly secular world. While the connotations of the words “Reign” and “King” may seem incongruous with that purpose, our answer lies in Christ and the way He turned worldly notions upside down. The prayer found in This Day for the Fifth Sunday Before Christmas reads: