PRAYER MOMENT
Monday 2 September 2013
FULFILLED TODAY
Reading. “This
text is being fulfilled today even as you listen.” (Luke 4:16-30)
Reflection. Today
we start our annual readings from Luke’s synopsis of the public life of Jesus.
He begins with this word “today” in his home town and announces that the
prophecies of Isaiah – good news to the poor, liberty to captives, new sight
for the blind, relief for the oppressed and a time of favour for all – are to
be fulfilled “today.” It is a theme rooted in the psalms – “O that today you
would listen to his voice” (Ps. 95) – and reminds us that that is all we have.
We do not have yesterday, we do not have tomorrow. We just have today and
indeed just this very moment – now! And this is the moment God is acting in my
life and in the world, bringing good news, freedom, new sight, relief and
favour – if I can but recognise his presence.
Prayer. Lord,
teach me to recognise your presence in my life today where you gently “draw” me
(John 6:44) to yourself through the people and events of my day. Give me “new
sight” to see you in my life today. Amen
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