PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday 26 October 2017
I
HAVE COME TO BRING DIVISION
Pause. Enter into the stillness
of God within.
Reading: “Do you suppose I have come
to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.” (Luke 12:49-53)
Reflection. “Peace on earth” was the
angels’ message at the birth of Jesus (Luke 2:14) but it was a peace that would
come through a change of heart, a welcoming of the gospel such as the “woman
who was a sinner” gave (Luke 7:36). To achieve peace a decision had to be made.
Some would make it, some would not. Even families would be divided in responding to the gospel. Jesus had come
to provoke a response. The Jewish leaders, representing many leaders before and
since, chose to ignore the gospel and kill Jesus. Our prayer today has to be
that we make our decision for the gospel even if it creates division. Many of
us have a default position of avoiding confrontation. It is time to examine our
conscience on this.
Prayer. Lord, may we have the
courage to challenge where challenge is called for. Let us not run away out of
fear from the discomfort of opposition. Amen.
No comments:
Post a Comment