THE TIME HAS COME

PRAYER PAUSE

14 January 2019

THE TIME HAS COME (Mark 1:14-20)

At last, the promises made to Abraham, Moses, David and through the prophets up to the time of John the Baptist, are about to be fulfilled.  ‘Change your way of thinking’ because from now on a new way of living is to be announced.  Jesus longs to achieve this work and immediately gets started.  He calls followers and begins to heal the wounds of people.

We have heard it said – ‘the time has come’ – and we have lived that mixture of excitement and dread as we started school or sat important exams.  Or when we started work or married or made some other life-changing choice. The time has come. These four words announce a break with the old and an engagement with the new.  They are full of charged energy ready to begin something new.

This new thing is ultimately the arrival of the reign of God which is going to transform my life and that of the world.  Jesus invites his followers to become fully involved in this great work of establishing God’s peace on earth.