HOBBLE ON ONE LEG

PRAYER PAUSE

Wednesday 13 June 2018, St Anthony of Padua

HOBBLE ON ONE LEG

Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading:  Elijah said to them, “How long to do you mean to hobble on one leg and then on the other?  If the Lord is God, follow him; if Baal, follow him.”  (I Kings 18:20-39)

Reflection. This is an old question.  We still face it.  We still get drawn away from God by the culture we inhabit. The Jews kept slipping away from the covenant given through Moses in the desert.  So many other attractions came their way.  Elijah steps forward as the great prophet of God recalling the people to their allegiance.  He confronts the prophets of Baal in this dramatic scene and through a great sign proves them worthless.  But the Lord does not want such drama today.  He wants his people to show which foot they are standing on by the way they live; the compassion they show to those who suffer and their engagement in issues of justice.

  

Prayer. Lord, help us to discern the way forward and what we should do.  We pray “your kingdom come!” May we discover ways, however small they seem, of bringing this to be. Amen