“You search the Scriptures to find life. These Scriptures speak about me.” Jesus’ words tell us that we only truly understand the Old Testament when we see how it points to him. “Every story whispers his name,” as one children’s book puts it. Yet, as anyone who has tried to read through the Bible from cover to cover can testify, hearing these “whispers” is often a difficult task. We struggle to discern Jesus in a given story, or set of commands, or poem.
Without making any claims to having “solved” what is surely a lifelong process, I thought I’d spend a few weeks sharing some principles I personally have found helpful as I’ve sought to see Jesus, specifically in the stories of the Old Testament.
Every year before the men’s retreat Trinity’s elders meet together to pray for our congregation and to consider how God would have us lead our church. This year we focused on a specific question: what relationship to our communities has God called Trinity to have? What role should we have in the community life of Hinsdale, or Clarendon Hills, or Western Springs? How do we desire our church to be perceived by our neighbors?
