FAITH helps us to trust in God’s Time. COURAGE helps us to accept the TRUTH in Jesus. But the fact is that we depend on Technology and social media more than God not realizing the fact that in the use of technology and social media, social security, personal Identity and Privacy are major concerns. Concerning the security of Jesus, the Gospel tells us that Jesus went to Judea hiding, the Pharisees don’t know him, they reject him and they search to kill him. On the contrary, we also hear that, Jesus was with them preaching the truth and yet they did not catch him because His hour has not come. Jesus knew who he was.
He knew the purpose of his life on earth as son of God. As followers of Jesus, the Gospel reading helps us to reflect our faith journey and our relationship with Jesus. Jesus said “one does not live alone by bread but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.”
In the Gospel, we hear, the Pharisees search for Jesus not to listen to Jesus
but to arrest him. They look for Jesus not to understand the Truth in him but
to Kill him. The miracles of Jesus did not open their eyes and the preaching of
Jesus did not open their heart. They ignored him as Son of God, they rejected
the Truth in his teaching instead they wanted to kill him.
Faith in God does not mean a life without difficulties but faith that
sustain us despite difficulties. Faith is to trust God not only in success also
in failures, not in good health also in sickness. Not only in life also in
death. FAITH helps us to trust in God’s Time. COURAGE
helps us to accept the TRUTH in Jesus.
However, Jesus knowing the risk to his life and yet he went to Judea to
preach the good news. Jesus did not fear the risk entailed but went to preach
the people of God. He risked his life for God’s will. Let’s pray for the gift
of FAITH to trust in God’s TIMING in moments of difficulties, doubts and
uncertainties and pray for COURAGE to accept the TRUTH in Jesus.
Praise be Jesus at all times…
