In our Sunday Service we read about following;
Elisha following Elijah to the very end of his life; inheriting Elijah’s tasks and the Spirit that had led Elijah through so many difficult times.
Jesus talking about following him – if you lay your hand to the plough, don’t look back. Go and announce the Kingdom of God.
Then we celebrated communion, remembering what Jesus set out to do for us in his life, death and resurrection.
Our last hymn, written by John Ernest Bode in the mid 1800’s and still relevant today, was this.
O Jesus I have promised to serve you to the end;
be now and always near me, my master and my friend:
I shall not fear the battle if you are by my side,
nor wander from the pathway if you will be my guide.
O let me feel you near me: the world is ever near;
I see the sights that dazzle, the tempting sounds I hear;
my foes are ever near me, around me and within;
but, Jesus, draw still nearer, and shield my soul from sin.
Oh, let me hear you speaking in accents clear and still,
above the storms of passion, the murmurs of self-will;
Oh, speak to reassure me, to hasten or control;
O speak, and make me listen, true guardian of my soul.
O Jesus, you have promised to all who follow you,
that where you are in glory your servant shall be too;
and, Jesus, I have promised to serve you to the end:
now give me grace to follow, my master and my friend.
