O King
whom all the people desire,
You are
the cornerstone
which
makes all one:
O
come,
and
save us whom you made from clay.
How do you approach a
King?
In our way of thinking, kings inspire awe and wonder,
surrounded as they are by wealth; lacking nothing; held to be gracious when they
condescend to smile at us or speak to us; so far out of reach and outside our
reality as to be unapproachable, untouchable, altogether alien from the little
moments that fill our days and shape our lives.
Kings have need of nothing because they have more than one ... or two …
or three of everything: cars, planes, palaces, lands. …
Today, as we draw nearer to that day of Incarnation,
without which there could never have been a Resurrection – we are reminded that
Jesus
is our King, our Desire, our Cornerstone, our Unity – making out
of such an array of diversity, one-ness; and we call
on Him who formed us from the dust of the earth, to save us.
How do you approach a
King?
Who can tell me how to draw near to my King: He whom I
desire?
Who can reassure me that my littleness and
worthlessness: all my sins and failings – all those moments that cast shadow
rather than radiate light – who will convince me that these are not obstacles
which make my desire unattainable?
He will.
In the people He sets before us – Zechariah, Elizabeth,
John the Baptist, Joseph and Mary – He shows me that poverty and littleness are
in fact helps, because if I know I have and am nothing, I can see more
clearly. He is my cornerstone, the
foundation of my life – He is a king, yet what a King! Without wealth or possessions, and welcomed
into the world with only pure love, I learn that I need not approach Him ... He
it is who does the approaching … not I.
Zechariah, Elizabeth, John the Baptist, Joseph, Mary …
they did not worry about how to approach their King: He came to them and they had only to overcome
their fear, doubt and even unbelief … and make Him welcome … and so they
did.
May the Lord our King grant
us just such a grace
–
to recognise that our desire is for One whose
desire is for us;
may we be unafraid, full of faith
and trust
that we may accept Him, love Him,
let Him in –
and thus shall we be made whole, one and
saved.
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