GO AND STAND AT THE GATE

PRAYER PAUSE

Saturday 23 July 2016  

GO AND STAND AT THE GATE

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Go and stand at the gate of the Temple of the Lord and there proclaim this message. Say, ‘Listen to the word of the Lord …’” (Jer 7:1-11)

Reflection. Jeremiah has a job on his hands alerting the people that they were facing ruin; the state was teetering on the edge of disaster. They took no notice. In our time we have seen threat after threat and how secure are we today? Quite apart from our personal concerns we look around at a world not at peace with itself. Competing voices are not listening to one another. The good seed and the weeds grow together in our own hearts as well as in the world around us. So we continue to live in tension and fragility. It calls for enormous trust and hope.

Prayer. Lord, help us to strain every muscle to live in you the Way, the Truth and the Life. Amen