Text: Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Title: Dusty People
Preacher: Rev. Greg Brower
Dust covered first century Palestine. Everywhere you walked, people kicked up dust. It covered your clothes, your face, your hands, your feet. You could not avoid becoming dusty. And yet, one of the greatest blessings you could offer to a disciple was: "May you be covered in the dust of your rabbi." The hope for a disciple was to walk so close to their rabbi, imitating everything he did, hearing every word from his mouth, that by the end of the day, they would be covered with the dust their rabbi had kicked up throughout the day.The gospel invitation calls us to a dusty life, to live so close to Jesus and others who follow him that we are covered in his dust. And then, when we are fully dusty to go out and show others how to live like Jesus did. We all get dusty. We all follow someone. Some follow musicians or politicians, others celebrities or athletes, but we all follow someone. And over time, we get covered in the dust of their life. Whose dust covers you?