NO LIMIT TO THE BLESSINGS

PRAYER MOMENT

Saturday 10 August 2013

NO LIMIT TO THE BLESSINGS

Pause. Be still in the presence of God.

Reading. “Each one should give …There is no limit to the blessings which God can send you – he will make sure that you will have all you need for yourselves in every possible circumstance, and still have something to spare for all sorts of good works.”  (2 Cor. 9: 6-10)

Reflection. The context for choosing this reading is the feast of the best known of the martyrs who suffered in the persecutions of the early church: St Laurence, who died in 258, was renowned for caring for the poor in Rome. Paul wrote these words two hundred years earlier to the Christians of Corinth who probably struggled to survive just as much as the Christians of Glen Norah or Highfield today. Yet he makes this astonishing claim: even if you are poor you should give to others and you will find that you are never short yourself. It is a bold statement of practical Christian faith and in our calculating world it seems to go against all common sense.

Prayer. Lord Jesus, teach me to be generous: to give and not to count the cost. In that way I will learn what it is to trust. Draw me closer to you that I may have a heart like yours. Amen.