PRAYER PAUSE
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, Irenaeus
HIS FAITH
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Abram put his faith in the Lord,
who counted this as making him justified.” (Genesis 15:1…18)
Reflection. Normally, when you have big plans,
say to travel the moon, you gather together many resources, human and material.
God relies on one person and one resource: Abraham and his faith. Paul noted it
and Luther made it the foundation of the Reformation. Faith is that quality of reaching
beyond all the human resources we can muster – our qualifications, our
technology, our years of training. It is the one thing humans can do – reach beyond
themselves. Irenaeus, if he is rememebered for one saying, it is, “The glory of
God is a person fully alive.” That really says it all.To be a person, to be
fully alive, is to stretch beyond what we are now to what we can become.
Prayer. Lord, may we reach beyond ourselves
and our security to you the source of the fullness of life. Amen
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