A meditation: “Gospel ministry is service whose goal is to encourage,
support, push or invite people to seek and respond to the guidance,
teaching and activity of that Light and Life at work in all, right
now.” (Brian Drayton, On Living with a Concern for Gospel Ministry,
xvii, .2006)
This idea of Gospel Ministry among Friends, the notion of living
a listening life close to the Center, flies in the face of the
kind of logic our cultures have instilled in us. Called to this
service, actions are neither measured nor evaluated on results,
but on faithfulness. Listening to that “still small voice” takes
risk, takes patience, takes submission. It is a great mystery
with a great solution. Following God’s call is a singular act
of strength of will and, at the same time, an act of conscious
surrender to the Divine. It is, in our beloved Society, both a
deeply individual act and one profoundly based in community because,
in our understanding, calls from God are tested and made authenticate
in the community they spring from. It is striking out on a narrow
path by yourself—seeking and finding, and being planted in a pasture—growing
deep roots and blossoms in your meeting’s soil. —cdw
Weekly devotional and prayer requests
for June 1-7, 2012
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