WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT

PRAYER PAUSE          

Saturday 2 September 2017

WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Well done, good and faithful servant; you have shown you can be faithful in small hings, I will trust you with greater; come and join in your master’s happiness.” (Matthew 25:14-30)

Reflection. There is an urgency about the parable of the talents – or, as it is sometimes called,  the parable of the money given in trust - that we can miss if we think it is just about using our gifts. The parables do not just confirm us in doing what is obvious and reasonable. They shock us. They call us to “go for bust!” They call us to make an all out effort to make the reign of God visible and felt in our time and place. It is not enough to set our sights on a good moral life – admirable as that is. Jesus calls us to “be perfect”, that is, to stretch ourselves like a athlete who goes for the greater.

Prayer. Lord, help us to reach beyond our grasp and be restless until we rest in you. Amen.