PRAYER PAUSE
Tuesday 24 April 2018
SOME
STARTED WITH THE GREEKS
Enter
into the stillness of God within.
Reading: “Some of them, however, who
came from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch where they started preaching to
the Greeks, proclaiming the Good News.” (Acts 11:19-26)
Reflection. Stephen’s arrest and
stoning started a persecution that scattered the disciples. But wherever they
fled to they started to preach, mainly to Jews, but soon also they ventured
further and started preaching to Greeks in Antioch. What we notice in Acts is
they had no exact plan but were responsive to events and led by the
Spirit. They were obedient to the next development,
as it were. There is an extraordinary
dynamism in these early days of the Church.
In John’s gospel today (10:22-30) the Jews say to Jesus, “If you are the
Christ, tell us plainly.” But Jesus won’t be “boxed and labelled”. It is not
like that. There is an energy in our
Christian life – if we can be true to it – that refuses to be boxed.
Prayer. Help us, Lord to be
responsive to where you lead each day.
We do have plans but we want also to be open to the unexpected. Amen
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