Changed By God To Make A Difference For God

Here's a question for you. Do you regularly try to gain a new relationship with God yourself (including having the promise eternal life) or do you believe that God has freed you from your slavery to sin and death and forgiven you thoroughly in the death and resurrection of Jesus? If you are like most, you probably answer with the former. But is that what Paul means when he tells us to work out our salvation in fear and trembling? Check out what Fr. Maney has to say about this and see what you think. Lectionary texts for today are Exodus 17.1-7; Psalm 78.1-4 12-16; Philippians 2.1-13; Matthew 21.23-32.