Karl Barth once wrote, “When we are at our wits’ end for an answer, then the Holy Spirit can give us an answer. But how can [the Spirit] give us an answer when we are still well supplied with all sorts of answers of our own?” -From “The Word of God and the Word of Man (1928)”
In an age where we receive answers to questions at breakneck speed through AI and search engines, there remain deeper longings and questions that no device or quick solution can fully address. These are the questions that stir in our hearts—the ones that cannot be solved by a keyboard, a touchscreen, or even in a short season of time. While we often hope for simple fixes to complex problems, scripture calls us to set our minds and hearts on something deeper—something both within us and beyond us: the reign of God.
This Sunday, we will be invited to consider what it means to surrender our distractions, open ourselves to God’s higher call, and root our lives in the deeper reality of Christ.