Opening Prayer
Gracious God, I put myself before you in this moment with waiting heart, expectant desire. Open my eyes that I may see your promise fulfilled; open my ears that I may hear your word whispered to my deepest being.
Amen.
Passage
Isaiah 43:15-21
I am the Lord, your Holy One, Israel’s Creator, your King.”
This is what the Lord says— he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen, the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise.
Reflection - Katie Ignatowski
As we listen to the words of Isaiah, we hear the story of God’s people who cling to the hope of restoration. Isaiah recalls the miraculous ways that God has provided for his people throughout history to signal to them that he will provide a way once again.
We live today as a people who have access to the way of Jesus. We recognize our calling to live into this hope & to embody his way of living and being in the world.
We pray for eyes to see through the solutions the world puts forth: the things it tells us we need to be happy and the tactics we need to utilize to get ahead.
We know that, just as God provided streams in the wasteland, he always provides a way that honors Him.
What situations are you facing right now that can be brought before God in search of a Jesus way forward?
Closing Prayer
My Lord, may all that I have seen of you and all that I have heard from your word now enflesh itself in me. Send me from this place as the incarnate promise of life to all whose life I will touch this day.
Amen.