PRAYER MOMENT
Monday
13 July 2015
NOT
PEACE BUT A SWORD
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: Jesus instructed the
twelve; “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth; it is not
peace I have come to bring but a sword.” (Matthew 10:34-11:1)
Reflection. We ended the story of the
sons of Jacob in Egypt living happily in Goshen under Joseph’s protection, but
soon there arose a ruler “who knew not Joseph” and then their troubles began.
There are moments when we think, ‘now we will have peace.’ Zimbabwe’s
Independence in 1980 was one such and the end of World War Two was another. But
there is no real peace because the greater struggles for justice are still with
us. The good news of Jesus always provokes resistance and we will not achieve
that final peace until everyone everywhere attains the justice they long for. We
do what we can but we will not live to see the final peace. It is still in the
future. But every human struggle (sword) brings that day closer.
Prayer. Lord, make us instruments
of your peace! Help us to do what we can in our time and so contribute to the
great fabric of peace on earth that will come one day. Amen.
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