NOT THE SEASON FOR FIGS

PRAYER MOMENT 

Friday 29 May 2015

NOT THE SEASON FOR FIGS

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus felt hungry. Seeing a fig tree in leaf some distance away he went to see if he could find any fruit on it, but when he came up to it he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season for figs.” (Mark 11:11-26)

Reflection. If it was not the season for figs why did Jesus expect to see fruit? Like the ancient prophets he taught in actions as well as words. True it was not the usual time for figs. But then nothing about Jsus was “usual.” He came to interrupt the ordinary expected flow of life with a stark message that the kingdom, the rule, of God had come. He was going to the temple where the “usual” thing was buying and selling and the leaders making a profit on all transactions. This now had to stop. The beautiful temple would be no more. Something new, something totally out of the ordinary was happening. The disciples were being alerted to this.

 

Prayer. Lord, teach me to be alert to your unexpected coming into my life. Amen.

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