"So [the people] asked [Jesus]: ‘What can we do in order to do what God wants us to do?’ " (v. 28, TEV,)

What a far-ranging question this is! It’s an all-embracing theme we have to discuss here: "What God wants us to do." Obviously it is impossible for us to use these fifteen minutes or so and come up with a comprehensive answer to this question.

Think, for instance, of the rainbow-like nature of our congregation’s members. One of you here today is a successful retired businessman. Your children are grown and long-gone. You are financially comfortable. You are in good health and look forward to many carefree years ahead. What does God want you to do?

Another of you here today is a younger woman of our parish. You have several school-age children still at home. You have no husband now, and …