ARE YOU STILL WITHOUT PERCEPTION?

PRAYER PAUSE  

Tuesday 13 February 2018

ARE YOU STILL WITHOUT PERCEPTION?

Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you not yet understand? Have you no perception?”  (Mark 8:14-21)

Reflection. Jesus sounds exasperated with his closest followers’ failure to grasp his message. He is talking about the “leaven of the Pharisees” – their twisting of God to suit their own purposes, their using God to bolster their own postion and control of the people. The disciples are slow to understand this. And maybe we are a bit slow too! Maybe we too “tame” God for our own purposes. We bring him in when we need him. But otherwise we leave him to one side. The Christian life is to “allow” God full range in our lives, allow him to take over our lives and lead us to true freedom and completion. Our tendency is to “go halves.” This bit for God. This bit for me. As a result we get confused and fail to come to our full potential.

Prayer. Lord, teach us – during this coming Lent – to welcome you wholly into our lives. Teach us what this means and help us to do it. Amen.