Daily Worship

An Intoxicating Spirit

Norah Summers April 11, 2020 0 2
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Ephesians 5: 18-20 (GNT)

18 Do not get drunk with wine, which will only ruin you; instead, be filled with the Spirit. 19 Speak to one another with the words of psalms, hymns, and sacred songs; sing hymns and psalms to the Lord with praise in your hearts. 20 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, always give thanks for everything to God the Father.

Holy Saturday, such a strange day. A sort of non-day, an in-between day, a day of stripped altars and bare churches, a day of suspense.

We have hindsight, we know that joy will come in the morning, but for today all is sombre and bleak.

And in this passage a sober reminder that wine can do harm as well as good, and that drowning our sorrows is not the solution to life’s troubles.

PRAYER:

Creator God, 
maker and giver of each new morning,
go with us through this strange empty day.
fill us with your Spirit, 
with courage, 
with hope, 
until the day breaks 
and the glory of Easter intoxicates us anew. 

Lent Disciplines

The Transforming Wine: The Son of God became one of us and had a human body. Every day this week take a moment to consider the life of Jesus. Saturday — think of the bitter wine of Holy Saturday as Jesus’ weary wounded followers gathered together in grief.