Mediation

I went through several peer mediation, conflict resolution, and discussion facilitating workshops while in college. As a resident adviser and house director you need these skills. I even ended up using them on several occasions. As Christians, are we not called to mediate between God and the world the light of Christ? Those whose eyes are veiled (2 Corinthians 4:1-12) from seeing God need interpretation or mediation. They need a Moses to stand in between God and the people who are afraid of the fire of God on Mount Horeb (Zion, Deuteronomy 5:1-22).

Gotcha. It's not up to us to act as the mediator. How foolish to think that we are the ones who know exactly what God wants to speak to God's people. You first have to know God, fully in God's essence. We are not the great mediators, we are the great witnesses. We do not instruct with words, but commit to a way of life by the power of the Holy Spirit that we turn from the things of this world to Christ. For Christ is the mediator; not a bridge over some canyon, as we see in many evangelical tracts. Christ, fully God and fully man, is already on both sides of the canyon. Thank God our ways are not the LORD's ways, and our thoughts are not the LORD's thoughts.