Week 3: Babel sounds – working to end division and disconnection
15 December Luke 3:7-18
The reading for today features a series of statements made by John the Baptist. He is dealing with questions from the people and you can imagine one person calling out questions above the voices of others – a real babel of confused voices.
We can find ourselves involved in our own thoughts, and the contradictions we find in the thoughts of others when it comes to questions of belief and forms of worship.
The people ask, ‘Teacher, what shall we do?’ The answer is to act justly and fairly with others, whoever they might be. Do we always treat others equally?
The people are also not sure who John is, and they have doubts about him. I wonder how often we might have doubts about speakers and preachers, ministers and others?
I doubt John could pass our local preachers’ course, and yet here he is, ‘telling it like it is’ – something we don’t always do?
Phil Davis
Dear Lord,
we pray today for the wisdom to hear your voice
through the babel sounds that surround us today.
Help us to discern your will for us and guide us in implementing it.
Help us to understand the message that you are sending us
at this time of the year. Amen.
