H2odevos p4p Lent 2013 “That We May Be Un-done”

Verse 3

"And we pray Thy Kingdom come that we may be un-done

Born again in Thy will be done today and forever

Cause we're the body of Christ right here

Broken, given, to be shared to be Love beyond our fear

Lord won't you turn our tears to dancing

Chorus

We are blessed ...........every breath

We are blessed .........daily bread

We are blessed ......blessed

To be the blessing

Every breath ..........blessed

Take our hands and our footsteps ...  blessed

We are blessed to be the blessing

mmm be the blessing

mmm be the blessing

mmm be............the blessing"

Blessed to Be The Blessing by Peter Mayer

Years ago 7-Up made a big campaign about being the "un-cola." In Peter's first line of the third verse, he ties the praying of the Lord's Prayer to the action/reflection of the Beatitudes. He sings, "

And we pray Thy Kingdom come that we may be un-done." 

 

So, it causes me to think about what needs to be "un-done" in me this Lent? Sometimes I know that I say, "I'm so done with that." So, perhaps in some cases our unwillingness or stubbornness to remain vulnerable needs to be "un-done" or unwrapped or, to borrow a term from the world of software, to be "un-installed."  Or maybe, there is a spiritual hardening of the arteries which creates a lack of care and concern for those who are hurting and hungry. And we need some holy de-calcification coupled with a shot or two of Holy Spirit Lipitor.

  

Peter is identifying a classic struggle of wills, God's will versus our will. So, his song is an invitation/prayer to be "Born again in Thy will be done today and forever

Cause we're the body of Christ right here."  We're just one week into this Lenten journey, and it's probably fair to say that like little children we want to ask, "Are you there yet?" At the same time maybe we resemble the Children of Israel who instead of looking forward to the Promised Land were "programmed" to look back to the days and years of slavery in Egypt.

Just like Jesus, just like the bread at the Eucharist, we too are "Broken, given, to be shared to be Love beyond our fear."  I suppose that is what Peter really means when he calls us to be "un-done." For, we would prefer to be the guests at the banquet as opposed to being the "kitchen help." However, Jesus always turns the tables on us and shows us that he is not only the guest, but also the host and ultimately the feast of victory. In kind, our lives end up being transformed as we are "Broken, given, to be shared to be Love beyond our fear."

This sounds lovely in a theological sense, but as you and I know, it's hard work to be a disciple, a follower of Jesus. Especially, if one is "Broken, given, to be shared to be Love beyond our fear."

So, then Peter connects this reality to a request embedded in the Psalms,

"Lord won't you turn our tears to dancing."

We are blessed to be the blessing,

rtg