Thursday, 25 January 2018

FAN INTO A FLAME

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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