YOU ARE THE ONE!

PRAYER MOMENT

Saturday 30 January 2016  

YOU ARE THE ONE!

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “David’s anger flared up. ‘The man who did this deserves to die!’ Nathan said, ‘you are the man.’”  (2 Samuel 12 1 … 17)

Reflection. David’s sexual energy leads him to desire and have Bathsheba and the prophet Nathan has the unenviable task of telling the king bluntly he has done a despicable deed. Not only did he take Uriah’s wife but he then killed him. And this is the David of whom the scriptures delight in saying Jesus is the Son of. That sexual energy has gone astray and led to a dastardly deed. But deep in his heart David was still oriented towards God and there was a way back for him. But the consequences of his act could not so easily be wiped out. They lived on for generations and were only uprooted by the saving work of \Jesus.   

Prayer. Lord, you work through our complex emotions and acts. Help us to trust that, despite our weakness, you are drawing us towards you. Amen.