What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? (Psalm 8: 3-4)
We who occupy a space come to the God who fills the universe.
We who struggle to understand come to the God from whom flows all wisdom.
We whose achievements are always limited come to the God who created the earth in the beginning and will be there at the end to renew and revitalise.
We who sometimes find it difficult to love come to the God whose love reaches out to all humankind.
It’s all too much for us to accommodate in minds so often shallow, distracted and self absorbed.
But we are grateful that we can focus on your Son Jesus, that He is revealed to us in your Word, that your Holy Spirit establishes us in a relationship with Him.
Make this time of devotion a moment of grace for each one of us.
That our vision of who You are would be expanded,
That our love for Jesus would be deepened,
That you would lead us forward in the power of your Holy Spirit.
Father, we thank you for this season of Spring, for brightness and warmth and colour and fragrance, all signs of new life.
We thank you that this is the work of your Holy Spirit in humankind, to renew us as we come to know your Son Jesus, as His Spirit lives within us, as we are shaped according to the pattern of His life.
We thank you that this renewal is promised to the whole of Creation, that in the end the values embodied in Jesus will overcome everything that brings disorder and pain into our lives.
We pray that you would take us forward to this day whose lives show the promise of the Kingdom in the way we love, in the way we proclaim the truth, in the way we stand for justice.
We remember all those throughout the world called to be Kingdom people, especially those under pressure to be silent and inactive.
We remember those who govern in the world and have the power to change the things that devalue and brutalise humankind.
We remember our own nation in this time of pandemic, that our leaders will be kept strong, our key-workers kept safe, our common life free from division and disorder.
We remember those we love in our families and circle of friendship, especially the sick, the bereaved and the troubled.
