WE WANT A KING

PRAYER MOMENT

Friday 15 January 2016

WE WANT A KING

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “The people refused to listen to the words of Samuel. They said, “No! We want a king, so that we in our turn can be like the other nations.” (1 Sam 8:4-22)

Reflection. When Israel was in the desert they had Moses and Aaron to lead them and later it was a succession of “judges”. The basic dynamic was that they were led by God himself through a succession of prophets. But they found this unsatisfactory. They could not take the responsibility such an informal system demanded and, two, they wanted to be “like others.” Do we recognise ourselves in this? How we love to shift responsibility from ourselves. “It is someone else’s job.” We give away our freedom and avoid taking responsibility.  

Prayer. Lord, help us to own the gifts you give us and use them so that uor rign may be manifest in the world. Amen.