PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday 16 November 2017
AS
THE LIGHTENING FLASHING
Pause. Enter into the stillness
of God within.
Reading: “For as the lightening flashing
from one part of heaven lights up another, so will be the Son of Man when his
day comes.” (Luke 17:20-25)
Reflection. The Pharisees were on a
different page when they kept asking about the coming of the kingdom of God.
Their minds were not disposed to understand what Jesus was saying. When he said
“the kingdom of God is among you,” they had no idea what he was talking about.
Do we? There is this constant tension between the future that will be revealed
and the fragments of the future that are already revealed. These fragments are
like the flashes of lightening that illuminate the heavens for a moment. We
have moments – beautiful moments of reconciliation, healing and peace – that flash
across our lives. They light up our world for a moment and indicate, in passing seconds, what the full revelation
of the kingdom will be.
Prayer.
Lord, may we yearn for the coming of the kingdom and work for its coming in the
place and time where we find ourselves. Amen.
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