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Recognize the Gifts of Yourselves and Others

“And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as it had upon us at the beginning.” -Acts 11:15

The earliest Christians made a lot of assumptions about who could be fully accepted and included and who couldn’t be. They assumed they the gifts were only available for people who believed and practiced like them.

The Gentiles according to their beliefs were unclean and impure in their estimation and understanding because they didn’t practice holiness and ritual purity in the way they believed God required. They couldn’t possibly be gifted. Therefore they couldn’t be included.

Despite their erroneous assumptions, the Holy Spirit came. The Gentiles received the gifts. And Peter recognized it right away.

We have to be willing to recognize the gifting and working of God in others, even when, especially when it goes against our assumptions and beliefs.

We have to willing to embrace our own gifts even when they are not recognized or affirmed by others.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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Watch, Wait, and Work for the Vision of Revelation

They will hunger no more and thirst no more; the sun will not strike them, nor any scorching heat… (he) will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of the water of life, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. - Revelation 7:16-17

Revelation envisions a world in which no child, in fact in which no person, goes to bed hungry. Revelation envisions a world where people no longer live in the fear of violence, poverty, and oppression, where wellbeing and justice are the birthright of every person.

With God as our center and the shepherd’s guidance, we watch, wait, and work for this world. We pray with MLK that “God, grant that this tragic midnight of man’s inhumanity to man will soon pass and the bright daybreak of freedom and brotherhood will come into being.”

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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The Defeat of Cynicism, Indifference, and Division

“After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands.” - Revelation 9:7

The Rulers of empires such as Rome survive and thrive and maintain their power and influence for three reasons: cynicism, indifference, and division.

When a person or a people are cynical enough to believe that the systems will always be corrupt and individuals will always be out themselves, they will work to secure their comfort and not worry about anyone else’s.

When a person or a people become comfortable with their own situations they often rationalize and justify their good fortune in a way that allows them to become indifferent and impatient to the plight of others.

When we are divided by race, and class, and gender, and religion and nationality we fight each other for the scraps instead of contributing to feast.

The radical vision of Revelation, of Paul, of the gospels, and of the prophets envisions a world where we come together across all divisions to embrace a vision of mutual and universal peace and wellbeing.

When we give our allegiance to this vision and the God who inspires it, cynicism, indifference, and division die and the empires of this world fall.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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