Here are the notes from this morning's meditation. They are not exactly as delivered, but pretty close.
The readings were:
Psalm 16
Isaiah 3: 1-15
Matthew 4:1-11
In
the temptation of Christ, it seems to me that Jesus, in resisting the
Devil, is waiting on God. Jesus is not taking control of His own
destiny.
He
is not procrastinating but He is content to wait, trusting patiently on
God, for the outcome that God wants. Even in Gethsemane, Jesus could
have refused, taken charge, speeded things up.
How
often have I, or you, sought to give God a helping hand, impatient in
the wait, eager for the conclusion. I might have been confident I was
doing the right thing, resisting temptation, yet impatient waiting.
I
know that God is all powerful, but it is almost as if He could do it
quicker – and dare I say better - with a bit of help from me. I jump in
with a solution to a problem that might not even exist.
Yet Jesus, even in the barren wilderness, is accepting of the wait on God, that God is in control.
In the Psalm, we are reminded The Lord is at my right hand, I shall not fail. He understands and somehow walks alongside as well as in front and behind.
As
we wait now for breakfast, for curacy news, for information, for essay
results, for family news, for difficult roads to become less of a
struggle, for the path to become clearer, let us reflect on waiting in
the knowledge that the Lord is at our right hand.
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