A GREAT CROWD OF PEOPLE

PRAYER PAUSE 

Tuesday 6 September 2016

A GREAT CROWD OF PEOPLE

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “He then came down with the apostles and stopped at a piece of level ground where there was a large gathering of his disciples with a great crowd of people from all parts.” (Luke 6:12-19)

Reflection. Jesus spends the whole night in prayer to God. He then chooses his apostles and comes down with them to meet his disciples and a “large crowd.” He ministers to them and they go out into the whole world and over two millennia (to date) do the same. When “all is complete” he will gather all those who have lived by modelling their lives as best they can on his “way”. Then the end will come and God will be “all in all.” That is the drama we are part of. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, the Chinese say. Well, each day we make one more step – with joy and anticipation whatever the circumstances.

Prayer. Lord, help us to always keep before our eyes the end, the purpose, for which you made us.  Amen