‘Mission, it’s been said, is finding out what God is doing and joining in.’ Rowan Williams
If I want to see a living, real, live kingfisher there’s not point in going and sitting in Starbucks. It might be comfortable, it might have good coffee and cake and a good Wifi signal but it’s not where kingfishers live.
To see a living, real, live kingfisher I need to go where kingfishers live, by the river. Then I need to be patient and observe. There’s no point in saying 'I can only look on a Thursday afternoon between 3pm to 4pm.' I need to sit and wait. The kingfisher is not there to perform according to my schedule.
To find out what God is doing requires looking in the right places for the right amount of time.
That requires patience & submission.
When am I, or when are we going into the community to see what is happening?
- When students are at school?
- When workers are at work?
- When the chippy is open?
- When the pubs are closing?
Is one snapshot enough to get a good picture? Probably not!
How many pictures do we need to see or even understand to grasp the context?
So how do we find out what God is doing?
How much time to I spend doing, rather than being?
How much time do give for being with others that isn't predicated with a task or reason for the shared time of being.
Prayer
Father God,
Slow me down.
Inspire me, challenge me, convict me and help me to notice.
To notice you in those I encounter.
To notice you in the big and small.
Amen.