Wisdom 7:22-8:1 / Luke 17:20-25
Books and movies about prophecies and predicting the future are usually of much interest to people.
Maybe because it is our human tendency to want to have a hold on the future in order to have a sense of security.
Yet we may get so engrossed about the future that we may lose hold of the present.
We may forget to live in the here and the now.
That was what Jesus meant when he said that the Kingdom of God is among you.
In other words, God's Kingdom is in the present and the now; and God's name is "I AM".
God wants to be present in the now of our lives and it is in the here and the now that God reveals Himself to us.
Our present situation and circumstances may not be very rosy. We may be struggling with our difficulties and worries.
Yet it is in those difficulties and worries that God wants to make Himself present and to reveal to us His saving power.
It is only when we walk with God in the present that we can have the hope and the courage to walk into the future.