PRAYER MOMENT (I
have moved and am not sure of the regularity of power where I am now so this
contribution may become intermittent at times).
Saturday
11 January 2014
COMPLETE JOY
Pause. Seek the
Lord in quiet.
Reading. “This
same joy I feel, and now it is complete. He must grow greater and I must grow smaller.”
(John 3:22-30)
Reflection. At
the end of the Christmas season we have these words of John the Baptiser. They
echo the cry of Christmas night; “you have made their joy increase as men
rejoice at harvest time” (Is. 9). Despite his looming death John has a sense of
completing his work. He rejoices to see the appearance of Jesus and the announcing
of his mission. Now everything is going to work out despite the messy
appearances we see around us. This is the fundamental Christian attitude: one
of joy. But it is a joy that does not deny the cross but embraces it as the way
of achieving our goal. The joy of the Christian is to be calm and filled with
deep confidence no matter what the circumstances around us.
Prayer. Lord, may
that joy be in us that sustained John the Baptiser! May we grow in a deep
confidence that you are at work and help us to do all we can to do our part
that your kingdom may come soon. Amen.
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