PRAYER PAUSE
Friday 26 January 2018,
Timothy and Titus
FAN
INTO A FLAME
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “Fan into a flame the gift
that God gave you.” (2 Timothy 1:1-8)
Reflection. There comes a time when a
budding surgeon does his first operation alone. He has to cut into the
patient’s body and take all the responsibility that follows. No longer is there
an experienced elder standing at his side. So it was with Timothy and Titus. No
longer were they working in the shadow of Paul, always able to refer to him
when difficult questions arose. Sometimes it is hard for people to take
responsibility. They do exactly what they have been told to do – no more, no less.
They feel safe keeping within these boundaries and somehow they resist any
suggestion they should use their own initiative, their own imagination. And so
things don’t move. We are stuck.
Prayer. Lord, help us to fan into a
flame the gifts you give us and use our own imagination and initiative. Amen
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