THIS IS MY COVENANT

PRAYER MOMENT      (Note: Much load shedding at the moment)  

Friday 26 June 2015

THIS IS MY COVENANT

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “This is my covenant which you are to maintain between myself and you, and your descendents after you; all your males must be circumcised.” (Genesis 17:1…22)

Reflection. Circumcision, hardly an original practice to the Jews, was adopted as a physical sign and commitment for the people of their belonging to the covenant with God. It was to prepare people for another physical sign – baptism with water – which would make no physical difference to the person, and was not for males only. This new sign would transform the person into a child of God. The bible pushes hard on us to realise the meaning of belonging. The more physical, the more legal, the less life-changing. The more interion, the more in the Spirit, the more life-giving and healing. I have just started a course of anti-biotics which have transformed me overnight from a pain-filled wreck to a new person! That too is a sign of the direction we are going.

Prayer. Lord, help us to welcome your ever deepening relationship with us, healing and transforming us. Help men of violence to realise the fruitlessness of the way they are choosing. Amen.

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