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June 7, 2026 - For the Church at the St. John Church of Christ
Spiritual Discipline: Detachment
There was nothing Jesus was more attached to than his Father. God came before his mission, his disciples, or his family. Because God was the center of Jesus’ life, worldly values came second. Certainly Jesus was tempted by the ascent to power, the need to appear successful, and shortcuts to achieving his kingdom, but Jesus refused to let the world’s values shape his life. He intentionally laid aside an identity built on being relevant, revered, and upwardly mobile. He died to these things and fixed his eyes on what was unseen (2 Cor. 4:18). Jesus was detached from making a name for himself that brought human applause. He embraced his humanness and staked his ministry on being God’s beloved Son whether or not anyone responded.
Detachment is the desire to nurture the spirit of trust that is attached to God alone. Detachment means replacing the attachment to 1) idolatrous relationships and 2) self-serving goals and agendas for success, money, power, ego, productivity, and image with whole-hearted attachment to and trust in God alone. Jesus knows all about detachment. He made the harrowing descent that relinquished heavenly privileges for a life of human limitations. God was Jesus’ first and only unloseable thing. Everything else could be lost.
Jesus let go; he detached. When faced with temptation he refused to use his divine prerogatives and lived like us, not like some superhero. Jesus did his life the same way we do ours. He risked everything by trusting the invisible God and his goodness when it appeared that this would mean dying in disgrace.
As followers of Jesus we are called to live as Jesus did. In the Message paraphrase of Mark 8:34 Jesus says, “Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat; I am. Don’t run from suffering, embrace it. Follow me and I’ll show you how.” Embrace Jesus’ path and leadership and detach.
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We have bible classes for all ages at 10:00 a.m. Following classes, we meet together as a church family at 11:00 a.m. for worship services.
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