Deaf To Your Call

We have been deaf to your call to serve, as Christ served us. We have not been true to the mind of Christ. We have grieved your Holy Spirit.
Have mercy on us, Lord.

- From the “Litany of Penitence” on Ash Wednesday,
The Book of Common Prayer
The Spirit’s purpose is to point us to the work of Christ. Before knowing Christ, seeking to know God, the Spirit points us in the direction of the cross of Christ. After finding Christ, seeking to please God, the Spirit points us to our cross fashioned after Christ’s. The Spirit desires desperately that we connect with Christ and partner with his work. When we are deaf to the Spirit’s call, his call to serve, we tell him that we are no longer interested in the work of Christ. That rejection grieves him indeed – Lord please have mercy on us!

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