PRAYER MOMENT
Wednesday
10 June 2015
I
HAVE COME TO COMPLETE THEM
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “I have not come to abolish
but to complete the law and the prophets.” (Matthew 5:17-19)
Reflection. We are reading Jesus’
statement of what he wants to do. The old law given to the Israelites in Sinai
was the beginning of an expression of how people should live in society. . Its basic
rules would now be revealed as pointing to a more complete understanding of
their dynamic – what they were pointing to. This is true of all human “rules.”
They are expressions, however inadequate, of human longing for communion and
fulfilment. Jesus now offers this fulfilment. He reveals that God blesses all
human effort and desires to complete it so that men and women everywhere are
finally satisfied and their longings are fulfilled. All our efforts are a
striving to come into harmony with this great dynamic of God.
Prayer. Lord, teach us to bend our
wills so that they come into harmony with your will and your kingdom may come. Amen.
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