Holding on to the Lord
Wednesday, 10th week in Ordinary Time
1 Kgs 18: 20-39; Mt 5: 17-19
Faith is holding on, it is holding on to the Lord against all odds. Hence perseverance is the capacity to hold on for a longer time. Today we witness some spectacular events in Elijah's lifetime, because he alone held on to God! One person's faith saves and revives the faith of the entire people... when we hold on to God, we hold our fellow persons up.
Holding on to God is not an easy thing anyway. Just because it is challenging the Lord does not make it easy...it is tough all the same. It is not merely to call out, 'Lord! Lord!" but it is to keep the Word of the Lord, to live by the commands of the Lord. When we do that we hold on, if not we fall.
How prepared am I to hold on to the Lord?