Security and Control

Security and control are themes from the Roman Catholic Lectionary today. The familiar story of David and Goliath is told from the book of Samuel. The security of the Israelites apparently depended on the defeat of the Philistines. This thinking still causes nations to take up arms instead of joining arms. Some examples in the past 50 years have featured the transformation of former “cold war” enemies into customers, trading partners and friends. The religious authorities are shown to be losing control of Jesus as He disregards their rules and heals on the Sabbath. Security and control provide a false sense that we have things in order. Freedom is experienced in the transformation of enemies to friends and our ego centered journey to an other centered life in response to the promptings of the indwelling Spirit.