Your Faith Journey - Finding God Through Words, Song And Praise

When something turns out to be the opposite of what we expect, we face a form of reversal. Reversals are like big reveals because they change our understanding of everything, and our expectations are turned upside down. When this happens, we suddenly see things in a new light and reality changes in an instant. Such forms of reversal are threaded throughout Luke’s telling of the Jesus story. Luke’s gospel assures us that the kingdom of God, in its fullness, will confound our expectations and overturn our understanding of life experiences. Things will seemingly be turned upside down. This is especially true when it comes to power, privilege, wealth, merits, and rewards. Luke assures us time and again that in God’s kingdom those who struggle in life now – those who are at the bottom or on the fringes of society – will suddenly find themselves at the top and in the center. Beginning with Mary’s astounding, prophetic Magnificat, then throughout the entirety of Luke’s telling of the Jesus story, this great reversal