A Red Fox on an Evergreen, Colorado's porch.
“Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work.'” – Luke 13:32
When the colluded powers sent their collaborating messengers to warn Jesus he was in trouble and that he was likely to be killed, his response was four-fold:
I am doing works of mercy and deliverance.
I will continue to do them until I am done. I will not be stopped. I will not be intimidated.
I won't die here, but I will keep moving toward the place of my death.
But there is a third day coming and no matter what anyone does or thinks they can do to me, I will move past it toward that day … and then, and only then, my work will be complete.
And so we follow with the same resolve, resisting the resistance to righteousness, marching toward the threats, confident in the calling to administer mercy, overflowing with compassion, stubborn in conviction, and ever faithful.
This story does not end with crucifixion. It is renewed in resurrection!
Nothing can thwart; nothing can deter; nothing can diminish.
This is the mission.
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