Gods Ways Not Ours
Readings - Isaiah 7:10-14, Psalm 24 and Luke 1:26-38
“The Lord himself will give you a sign” Isaiah 7:10
Reflection
We are on the brink of the nativity. Our sense of the one to come has been stretched, challenged, recast over the last few weeks. This astonishing revelation that God is confident enough to be vulnerable and confident in us to be vulnerable to us.
King Ahaz needed the appearance of strength and not vulnerability to carry out his military duties. Isaiah challenges the King to imagine what God may be like yet the King refuses, declaring he will not test God. Isaiah unhappy at the response seeks a sign from God - a sign of gentleness, quiet and ordinary, yet one which will
transform. A sign of a virgin with child bearing a son - Immanuel. That was so probably so far from the King’s mind but the truth is that God’s ways are not ours. God can be found in the most trying of circumstances for God is in all..
This day will you look for God?
Will you ask God for a sign?
Not a sign to test God but a sign to see God. For if you look you will find God in the ordinary, vulnerable and willing. You will find God in the one who holds your hand and in the one who cares for you. “Seek and you shall find”
Prayer
God of light I wait.
Give me freedom to walk in the footsteps of Jesus.
Let your light shine out for all to see by turning to those who call for my help.
Let me never turn a closed ear and heart away from the world.
Heal our world. Heal our past. Heal our community and churches.
Amen
Additional Prayer Ideas
We pray for all who feel judged and ignored by others. We pray for our churches and our call to spread the gospel to all people.
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