PRAYER PAUSE
Monday 9 October 2017
JONAH
RAN AWAY
Pause. Enter into the stillness
of God within.
Reading: “The word of the Lord was
addressed to Jonah, ‘Go to Nineveh, the great city …’ Jonah decided to run away from the Lord.” (Jonah
1:1-1)
Reflection. Jonah ran away and in our gospel
today – the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37) – two out of three “passed by on the
other side.” They did not want to get involved. Getting involved is risky – you
don’t know where it will end; it is inconvenient – it interrupts “my plans”; and
it is none of my business – there are others who should look into these things.
Is this not a modern sickness? We allow our governments, who are employed by
us, to walk over us because we do not want to get involved. We allow the environment
to deteriorate because it is not really my job to do anything. We ignore the
pain of the marginalised because there is nothing I can do about it. Archbishop
Ndlovu of Harare has called on people to get engaged in the political processes
in Zimbabwe, especially before the elections due in 2018. In a small way we can
build habits of “engagement” with others. We can look at our conscience and
notice, “what am I avoiding doing?”
Prayer. Lord, help us to be aware
and inspire us to change those things we can change. Amen.
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