PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday 16 March 2017
THE HEART IS
DEVIOUS
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “The heart is more devious than any
other thing, perverse too; who can pierce its secrets?” (Jeremiah 17:5-10)
Reflection. Jeremiah should know; he had experience
of the perversity of the hearts of his contemporaries. Jesus’ powerful story about
the rich man and Lazarus highlights the folly of the man’s behaviour. And yet we know such hardness of heart occurs
in many places. A recent Zambian novel, Casualty of Power, describes a corrupt minister and
his hardened henchman who stop at nothing to acquire wealth and keep power. The
novel describes a trampling on justice that we see in many parts of the world.
Why is the human heart still so hard after all these centuries? Why so lacking
in compassion? Jeremiah’s questions still stands.
Prayer. Lord, help us to replace our
hearts of stone with hearts of flesh. Amen.
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