PRAYER MOMENT
Thursday
12 December 2013
JOHN THE BAPTIST
Pause. Be still in
the presence of God..
Reading. “Of all
the children born of women a greater than John the Baptist has never been seen.”
(Matt 11:11-15)
Reflection. It
seems that normally in the second week of Advent John the Baptist makes his appearance.
In John’s gospel it is more to introduce Jesus but in Matthew and Luke he has a
fierce message of. his own: “you brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from
the coming retribution? … even now the axe is being laid to the trees …” John
speaks of imminent judgement. God’s reign is about to be proclaimed and he will
sift the wheat from the chaff. For John this was about to happen. For Jesus “the
end is not so soon.” People would be given to time to change their way of
thinking and accept the gospel. Yet it is good for us to accept the dose of
urgency that John gives us, It is so easy to relax. But our times are urgent
and full of danger,
Prayer. Lord, teach
us to have that alertness and sense of urgency that John the Baptist gives us.
We cannot rest while your reign is still only accepted in a confused way. Amen.
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