ABRAHAM DREW STRENGTH FROM FAITH

PRAYER MOMENT

Monday 21 October 2013

ABRAHAM DREW STRENGTH FROM FAITH

Pause.  Be still in thepresence of God.

Reading. “Abraham refused either to deny it or even to doubt it, but drew strength from faith and gave glory to God.” (Rom 4:20-25)

Reflection. John Henry Newman, a leading shepherd and thinker of the Church in the nineteenth century, called for people to understand their faith. It is not enough to build your faith on “the bible says.” It has to be more “faith says the bible says.” Any Tom or Jane can say what the bible says. But it takes someone who ponders the words of scripture in faith to understand what it means. Paul was our great teacher in this and he drew on the example of Abraham who put his faith in God when he “set out without knowing where he was going” and later offered up his only son to God on the mountain. We cannot find “answers” in the bible or build for ourselves a secure and comfortable home for ourselves there. (My battery is running out so let me stop here ….)

Prayer. Lord, teach us the faith of Abraham ….. Amen