The Spirit Enlightens

WORD 2day - Saturday, 2nd week after Easter

April 22, 2023: Acts 6:1-7; John 6:16-21

Reflecting on the Word today, there are two things that strike and draw our attention: one, the bread and the other, the waves. Waiting on the tables and walking on the waves - these are the two events we are presented with. Which of these is more of value and which less? 

Waiting on the Table, which was a regular duty among the believers becomes a concern and some are dissatisfied with how it was going on. The Lord inspires them to understand the concern with such clarity that they do not compromise on the basics. The concern is addressed but nothing of what is essential is lost - they set apart a ministry in order that the centrality of the Word is not lost.

Waves that rose against the boat, made the disciples frightened. But the Lord walks up to them on the waters, on the very waves and reassures them to row on. Interestingly, they were disturbed by the waves but they were more terrified to see someone walking on the water towards them. The Lord's words, do not fear - comes as a challenge for them to understand what to fear and what not to fear. They were hardly away from the land, but they needed the Lord to realise it.

Waiting on tables or walking on waves... the question is not which has to be more valued or less, but the important call is that we never lose our sense of being in the presence of the Lord. The Spirit who comes from the Risen Lord, gives us the light and makes us understand that whatever we are involved in we need to live it with the sense of the presence of the Lord. Whether we wait on the table or walk on the waves, we realise we are in the presence of the Lord and the Spirit enlightens us to that realisation.