Walk the Road

The Gospels are Creator’s hope, incarnated through Jesus, also known as Creator Sets Free. In this week of devotions, we are invited to walk with him and encouraged to pray, trust, and embrace his unconditional love. We will learn together from Andean theology, ending our week with motivation to rise, embrace our childlike spirits, and be representatives of Creator Sets Free’s love.

“As you walk the road with me, you are a light shining in this dark world. A village built on a hill cannot be hidden. No one hides a torch under a basket. Instead, it is lifted up high on a pole, so all who are in the house can see it. In the same way, let your light shine by doing what is good and right. When others see, they will give honor to your Father—the One Above Us All.” — Matthew (Gift from Creator Tells the Good Story) 5:14–16 (First Nations Version).

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) is speaking to many communities of people who came to hear him teach. He invites all, from our ancestors to us today, to walk with him and be a light, a village that is not hidden.

“We Are from Abya Yala,” a post on Publica Theology, describes the term Abya Yala, which represents the connectivity of all of the lands of what non-indigenous people would call the Americas. The post shares some of the term’s history: “In the 1970s, the term Abya Yala was adopted by many Native activists, farmers, historians, politicians, and theologians as the unified name instead of using North America, English America, Latin America, or Hispano America, perpetuating Eurocentric and colonial divisions.” Like the connected community of Abya Yala, we are called to walk the good road together as followers of Creator Sets Free. How beautiful are the grounds of each of our motherlands! Dirt connects us all—from our creation origins, to the place we call home, and to where our journey of life ends.

We are called a village by Creator Sets Free. Like a village, we commune together as witnesses of hope. We are like torches, called by Creator Sets Free to be light for others, burning brightly the goodness we have been taught. We are not to hide under a basket, as Creator Sets Free wants us to be seen doing what is good and right for our villages. In doing so, we give honor to the One Above us All.

Prayer

Take courage, heart in darkness,
Creator Sets Free is here.
We are not alone,
our communities are not alone.
He is our light and guide to walk the road.

About the Author

Miluska E. Aquije Silencio is a justice advocate and pastor in the Evangelical Covenant Church. Her Peruvian indigenous roots come from her Afro-Peruvian father. Through these roots and at Creator’s feet, Miluska is continually learning about and through Andean theology. She holds a master’s degree in professional studies in urban ministry from Alliance University and is currently working on her doctor of ministry degree at Fuller Theological Seminary. She is cheered on by her hearty, bicycle mechanic husband, Joshua Silencio. Together, they are the parents of two wonderful kids.