Here is today’s Old Testament reading, from Isaiah: ‘For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return not thither but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it’.

These words bring the words of St John to mind: ‘Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper, laid aside his garments, and girded himself with a towel’. Christ, the Word of God, accomplishes all that He has been sent to do, and is on His way to His Father. He does not return empty, but has the Kingdom in His Hand.

Let us spend time today reflecting on these profound words from Scripture; and may you be blessed in so doing.