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Sunday 13 August 2023. Trinity 10. Matthew 14.22-33
In moments of prayer, we can ask what God is calling us to give; how we can grow in Christ-like generosity.
In this story, known well to many people, it is helpful to observe that after Jesus’ ministry to the crowds, he takes himself away to pray alone. Prayer is a powerfully sacred space in which we are drawn intimately into the presence of God, in which we discern how we are called to be imitators of God on earth, and in which we are transformed more into the people God creates us to be. Prayer is also a place entwined with generosity – we give ourselves to God, and in turn we are led into inhabiting a more generous and contented spirit. We encounter this regularly when we say The Lord’s Prayer – ‘give us today our daily bread’, a desire to receive the generosity of God with grace, to be content with what we have, and to stop us from wanting more. In moments of prayer, we can ask what God is calling us to give, how he might be calling us to become more generous in the whole of life, and how we can grow in Christ-like generosity.
Sammi Tooze is the Discipleship and Strategy Adviser in the Diocese of York, and is also a
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