PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday 2 February 2017,
Presentation of the Lord
A REFINER’S
FIRE
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “Who will be able to resist the day
of his coming? For he is like the refiner’s fire and the fullers’ alkali.” (Malachi
3:1-4)
Reflection. The prophets, including John the
Baptist, expected the coming Messiah to exercise harsh judgement, as Elijah had
done with prophets of Baal. Jesus is a refiner and purifier but not in the way
of Elijah. He does not judge and destroy. He waits, he teaches, he persuades,
he draws. He waits for us to judge ourselves. It is all in our own hands. That
is the glory and the terror of being human. We can do it or we can mess it up.
Today he presents himself to us as the one who shows us the way. Can we follow?
Prayer. Lord, help
us to listen and follow you along the way, as Bartimaeus did. Amen.
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