YOU SEE IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES

PRAYER PAUSE        

Wednesday 16 August 2017, Stephen of Hangary

YOU SEE IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “The Lord said to Moses, “This is the land I swore to give to Abraham … I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you shall not cross into it.” (Deuteronomy 34:1-12)

Reflection. The formation in their identity and mission was now complete. The people of Israel, in the person of Moses, now glimpse the promised land. But again, in the person of Moses, they will not enter the fullness of the promise God has prepared until they have gone through many trials. Like us, they have sight of the kingdom but not the full reality. The kingdom of God has come but we have not yet fully entered it. The world is still full of injustice and hardness of heart. The kingdom is already here  but not yet! So it was with Moses. So it is with us.

 

Prayer. Lord, may we keep our eyes on “the promised land” and do our best to move, with others, towards it. Amen.