PRAYER MOMENT
Wednesday
20 November 2013
UNTIL I GET BACK
Pause. Enter into your own stillness in the presence of
the Lord.
Reading. “A man
of noble birth went to a distant country. (Before he left he gave his servants
ten pounds each and said), “do business with these until I get back.” (Luke 19:11-28)
Reflection. “The
people imagined the kingdom of God was going to show itself then and there.”
How the people of Jesus’ time longed for a solution to their problems! They
kept hoping Jesus would solve them “then and there.” So he tells them a parable:
he is going away and they are the ones to do his work in the meantime. He is
not abandoning them but he is giving them the means to solve the problems and
to build a better world. He would be with them. He was still in charge and he
would return and enter into a reckoning with them. Those who did good would be
rewarded. Those who did bad … well, there would be consequences. The awesome
power to change the world is handed over to us. Jesus will not – cannot – do the
work on his own. He is “away” and it is up to us.
Prayer. Lord Jesus,
help me to see the opportunity you give me each day to “shake the universe”. It
may be in small ways but everything counts. Help me not to miss opportunities open
the way for your reign on earth. Amen.
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