PRAYER MOMENT
Thursday 4 July 2013
GOD WILL PROVIDE
Pause. Enter into
your own stillness.
Reading. “My son,
God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.” (Gen 22:1-19)
Reflection. We
may be familiar with the account of Abraham preparing to sacrifice his only son,
Isaac, to God but we could do well to allow ourselves to be astonished by it. Here
is a mysterious story of Israel’s origins preserved in the Jewish people. Isaac carries the wood and is bound and placed on it. At the climax
of the story God intervenes and Isaac receives back his life. How it mirrors
the carrying of the cross, the nailing, death and resurrection of Jesus! The
deeper we ponder it the more we glimpse the amazing way God has worked through
our history, a history charged with meaning and promise for our own time.
Prayer. Lord, it
is no wonder Israel broke into song in the psalms which our ancestors preserved
for us. You are indeed to be praised for all your works. Help me to discern
your working today in my life and in those of all around me. Help me to have a
great trust that you “will provide”. Amen.
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