AM I TO TAKE PLEASURE?

PRAYER MOMENT 

Friday 27 February 2015

 AM I TO TAKE PLEASURE?

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Am I likely to take pleasure in the death of the wicked man – it is the Lord who speaks - and and not prefer to see him renounce his wickedness and live?” (Ezekial 18:21-28)

Reflection. The Old Testament moved from teaching about the responsibility of the whole people of Israel, in the desert, to a position of individual responsibility in the time after the exile. Our Lent readings today explore this theme. Each one has a call to look deeply into his or her values and motivations. Why am I doing this? How am I doing it? The ‘pleasure’ the Lord looks for is to see each of us responding with courage and joy to the Spirit in our heart, a Spirit that ‘leads us out’ of our comfort into engagement in the struggle.

        

Prayer. Lord, give us the courage and the joy in journeying with you this Lent on your way to Jerusalem. Amen.