Thursday 16 March 2023

Today is Thursday the 16th of March, in the third week of Lent.


IAMSON sings, ‘I Wanna Know’.


I wanna know
I wanna know You, Lord
In all Your ways
I wanna know
I wanna know You, Lord
In all Your ways
For to know You is to love You
And to love You is to do what You say
So, in all Your ways
I wanna know You, Lord
I wanna seek (Ooh)
I wanna seek Your face (Ooh)
Day by day (Ooh, ooh)
I wanna seek (Ooh)
I wanna seek Your face (Ooh)
Day by day (Ooh, ah)
For to seek You (To seek You)
Is to love You (Is to find You)
And to find You (To find You)
Is to follow Your heart (Follow Your heart)
And be where You are
I wanna seek Your face
I wanna know You, Lord
Draw me nearer, draw me closer
I just want to know Your ways
And take my heart, and purify it
I just want to know Your ways
I wanna know You
Oh, I wanna know You (I wanna know)
Oh, I wanna know, know
I wanna know
I wanna know
For to know You is to love You
And to love You is to do what You say
So, in all Your ways
I wanna know You, Lord

Today’s reading is from the Prophet Jeremiah.

Jer 7:23-28

But this command I gave them, ‘Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk only in the way that I command you, so that it may be well with you.’ Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but, in the stubbornness of their evil will, they walked in their own counsels, and looked backwards rather than forwards. From the day that your ancestors came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them, day after day; yet they did not listen to me, or pay attention, but they stiffened their necks. They did worse than their ancestors did.

So you shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you. You shall call to them, but they will not answer you. You shall say to them: This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God, and did not accept discipline; truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips.

God speaking from the heart. What is your image of God today? How do you hear the sound of God’s voice here? Who is this God you are meeting with today?

What is your response?

Is there a global response to God you long to see? How do you imagine the earth at one with God?


As you hear the passage again, try and sit with God, sounding out from this depth of heart…


As this prayer time comes to a close, you might want to ask the Lord, as one friend to another, to tell you more about God’s heart.


You have given all to me,
To you, Lord, I return it.
Everything is Yours, do with it what you will.
Give me only Your love and Your grace,
That is enough for me.
Amen.