Daily Worship

The engineers of our own destruction!

Roderick MacLeod December 06, 2015 0 0

Genesis 9: 12-16

And God said, ‘This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.’

All wise and knowing God,
    if you have decided not to flood the world again,
    shame on us for being the engineers of our own destruction!

We pray for those with the authority to make decisions
    that will reverse the threat of climate change
    and its devastating consequences.

Though the effect might be infinitesimal, help us to live
    as those who cherish your creation and its resources,
    who love our neighbours to the point 
    where we are willing to put their interests before our own.

So fit us for heaven, to live with you there…