Over our last three weeks together, as we have journeyed through Matthew’s Gospel, I have noticed how often our own story appears in its weave.

Matthew reveals a challenging truth: What stands in the way of God’s work is not always the stranger or the enemy. Often, it is what is familiar—our habits, fears, assumptions, and ways of seeing. At the same time, we witness extraordinary faith coming from strangers in strange lands, reminding us that God is never limited by our expectations.

We have also learned that the baskets placed in our hands are bigger than we think. What God gives us is enough to feed a hungry world. There is hunger for food, but also for hope, healing, justice, belonging, and love. When we place what we have in Jesus’s hands, God turns what appears insufficient into abundance.

Matthew calls us to put our faith out front. When Peter stepped from the boat, he began to sink when he allowed the storm to become greater than the Savior before him. Faith keeps our eyes on Christ, even amid uncertainty and fear. It is faith that brings healing to our loved ones and gives us courage to face even the Gates of Hell—and emerge stronger.

My mission among you is to teach you how to teach others about this itinerant highway preacher from Galilee, Jesus Christ. He went from place to place teaching people how to see, live, love, and upend the world as they had known it.

Jesus welcomed the overlooked, fed the hungry, healed the wounded, and called ordinary people into extraordinary purpose. Then he sent them out to do the same.

As we follow in his footsteps, transformation is possible in our church and our community. We do not walk alone: Our Savior walks with us and before us.

With hope and expectation,

Pastor George

Senior Pastor

PastorOliver@ResurrectionMCC.org

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