SYCAMORES

PRAYER PAUSE

Thursday 30 June 2016  

SYCAMORES

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “I was no prophet …I was a shepherd and looked after sycamores: but it was the Lord who took me.” (Amos 7:10-17)

Reflection. Amos hits a rock: opposition from the establishment. He is told to go away. That would be the best way. Keep quiet and leave us alone. But he doesn’t. He finds within him the courage to cross the threshold of fear. He defends himself. This is the Lord’s work and I am not going to keep quiet. I am insisting: “Israel will go into exile.” Elections loom in many countries in the coming months. Will leaders speak the truth? Or, like the false prophets, will they say things that please but are not the truth. And we, who are not leaders, where are we?

Prayer. Lord, may something of the courage of the prophets come to us: may we live by the truth in all things. Amen