What's Next, Papa?

Last week at the end of the Kairos team meeting, we went around the circle and shared what we were looking forward to most about the upcoming retreat. When it came to my turn, I heard these words come from my mouth, "I'm looking forward to seeing what the Holy Spirit has in store." Honestly, this kind of startled me because it just came out of nowhere. However, it should not be surprising at all.

My journey through Romans has reinforced this so much over this past week:

So don't you see that we don't owe this old do-it-yourself life one red cent. There's nothing in it for us, nothing at all. The best thing to do is give it a decent burial and get on with your new life. God's Spirit beckons. There are things to do and places to go! This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It's adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike "What's next, Papa?" (8:12-15, MSG).

It is so easy to get caught up in a grave-tending kind of life - a life of woe, a life of the flesh, a life of fear, a life of anxiety. Yet, in the midst of all of this God's Spirit beckons us to new adventures.

What's next, Papa?