Friday 01/11/2024
In just 5 days we’ve dipped into 4 different books of the bible this week … and, perhaps surprisingly, I want to offer a thought based on a verse that we didn’t even read, but one which might help us draw together some of the threads we’ve been thinking about! We’ve read Paul’s final words to Timothy, an encouraging yet challenging letter to Titus and part of John’s inspiring and mysterious vision of heaven in the book of Revelation.
On the feast day of Simon and Jude on Monday we read John 15:17-27 but the words of Jesus John records for us immediately beforehand in v16 are really helpful. Jesus reminds us, ‘You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit – fruit that will last.’
Paul, Timothy, Titus, Simon, Jude, all the saints, and that includes us (!!), have been chosen and called by Jesus … and our purpose is to go and bear fruit! May God give us all a clear sense of his purpose, send his Spirit to fill us and use us as fruit bearers!
The Ven. Andy Piggott
