Today is the commemoration of Joshua.
Today's readings are Psalm 47, 1 Kings 18.1-19, and Ephesians 1.1-23.
When Ahab approaches Elijah in 1 Kings 18 he accuses Elijah of troubling Israel. In recent years our culture in the United States has been increasingly critical of Christians, saying they are revolutionaries, bringing trouble upon the country.
If we consider our reading from Ephesians 1 seriously we can see why Christians should be so interested in their message. It is decidedly good for our society to become those people who are blameless before God, forgiven and walking in forgiveness, full of hope, and looking to God in Christ as the ultimate good and gracious ruler.
Who is troubling Israel? "Not I," says Elijah. He points the blame at the one who is denying God's merciful rule. May we also have the grace not to trouble our society but to help it to raise our neighbors up in the mercy of God.
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