No looking back
Tuesday, 13th week in Ordinary Time
Gen 19: 15-29; Mt 8: 23-27
'Do not look back' instructs the Angel, in a symbolic message to us Christ's followers today. Wars and persecutions, perversions and promiscuity, scandals and slanders abound and they are on the increase by the day. Though just a minority are involved in all this, the vast majority is left helpless and affected, tormented and tired of the whole turn of events. What are we going to do? Lose heart? Become desperate? Join the party? Let our principles and values fall? Give up our determination on our journey? I need to forget what lies behind and strain forward towards what lies ahead (Phil 3:13), St. Paul would suggest. And the angel tells us today: Do not look back!
You have decided to have Jesus on your boat or rather you have decided to jump on to Jesus' boat, then why worry of the storm and rain around; why panic about the tossing wind and the turbulent weather; why lose your focus and look back at what is following you... fix your eyes on the One who is there with you. No looking back, just keep wondering what an awesome God he is, who has called you. Just surrender; be still and feel the presence of the Lord in your life! Inspite of your boat that is being rocked, you keep rocking!
You have decided to have Jesus on your boat or rather you have decided to jump on to Jesus' boat, then why worry of the storm and rain around; why panic about the tossing wind and the turbulent weather; why lose your focus and look back at what is following you... fix your eyes on the One who is there with you. No looking back, just keep wondering what an awesome God he is, who has called you. Just surrender; be still and feel the presence of the Lord in your life! Inspite of your boat that is being rocked, you keep rocking!
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