Like the Israelites, we, too, are confronted with the unusual way of power that God presents to us, as he calls us out of the world and into the way of his kingdom more and more. We, too, feel like a fragile people wandering in the wilderness, and we, too, receive commands that seem odd—to organize our week around rest (Sabbath), to care for our neighbor, and to place God above all else.8 These ways may not seem like the path of power, but they are the ways of the kingdom.
