Making a whip of cords,
he drove all of them out of the temple.
He also poured out the coins
of the money changers and overturned their tables.
—John 2.15
This is no mere angry outburst. It’s way bigger:
prophetic, pointed street theater.
Theology thrown on you like ice water.
You start with shock,
and not just consternation, but outrage.
Blasphemy. Assault. Murder!
So it is when God upends your tables,
shouting, “Not this! Not this!”
—when it’s God you’re talking about.
You thought you understood God.
Had the right theology, right sacrifices.
But it’s overturned.
Let that feeling sit with you,
of having been robbed,
having been wronged.
This is how hard it is
to let go of graven images
and let God be God.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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