PRAYER MOMENT
Monday
23 December 2013
THE REFINER’S FIRE
Pause. Be in the
presence of the Lord.
Reading. “Who will
remain standing when he appears? For he is like the refiner’s fire and the
fuller’s alkali.” (Malachy 3:1-4, 23-24)
Reflection. We saw yesterday how Joseph was troubled by his
experience and had to struggle to become “obedient by faith.” He came to accept
and welcome God’s will. This can be demanding for us and Malachy calls it a “refiner’s
fire”. He will “purify” his people “and refine them like gold and silver.”
Today’s passage from Luke describes the birth of John the Baptist and he was to
be the refiner of Israel. As we celebrate the coming of the Messiah we are
called to welcome, like Joseph, the purifying that God longs to do in us that
we may become his gold.
Prayer. Lord, we
pray that we may welcome your presence in our lives and see our challenges as ways
in which we are refined and purified that we may turn our hearts towards you. Amen.
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