Daily Worship

Strengthening the weak

Fyfe March 23, 2013 0 0

Ezekiel 34:11-16

​“‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines and in all the settlements in the land. I will tend them in a good pasture, and the mountain heights of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in good grazing land, and there they will feed in a rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.  I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign Lord.  I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy. I will shepherd the flock with justice.

​Weariness can overwhelm us,

there is much that at times crushes.

Weakness is evident in my life and I see it in that of others around me and even sometimes in passing others.

It can be a dead end feeling,

all strength gone from us,

it can be feel that we have walked on to the edge of things and are too feeble and weak to work our way out.

In your loyalty, strengthen those who are weak.

May I lead as one who relies upon your strength in my weakness,

as one therefore who seeks to nourish, to build up and encourage others.      

 

[pause and wait in God’s presence]

 

 

Renew us by your Holy Spirit,

that I may lay down my life for you and for my neighbour

and proclaim your love

through Jesus Christ, the good Shepherd. Amen.

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written by Fyfe Blair