To whom do I belong?
The first reading is full of terms like - to remain in God, to belong to God, to be God's children and so on! All these are possible because of the "one who lives in us" (1 Jn 3:24). The things that we do in life are secondary to what we are, it is very true! But it is also equally true that what we really are would determine what we decide to do. What we are, consists mainly of the question of our 'belonging': where and to whom we belong? If we belong to God, our choices will be godly, come what may! Jesus had an ample cue as to what awaits him, with the example of what befell of John the Baptist! But still Jesus chooses to go forth and proclaim the Reign of God - because he knew where and to whom he belonged! I have come to do the will of the one who sent me: that was his conviction. The choice of our actions and our attitudes depends much on, to whom we belong to!