THE ONE WHO SENT ME

PRAYER PAUSE

Wednesday 20 April 2016   

THE ONE WHO SENT ME

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in the one who sent me.” (John 12:44-50)

Reflection. John’s gospel is full of movement, procession, sending. Jesus comes from the Father, sent by the Father, and returning to the Father. He sends the apostles “as the Father sent me.” I write this by the sea and there is constant movement of the waters echoing the constant movement of our lives. Jesus gives purpose and direction to this movement. It is not just ‘seasons come, seasons go.’ We are moving towards a goal, a destiny, an omega point, what the scholars call the ‘eschaton’, the final fulfilment of all. It is beautiful to see the energy in human life, especially among those who know where they are going.

Prayer. Lord, fill us with your creative energy and enthusiasm to fulfil all that is in us – each part of the whole. Amen