Standing by to Stand on
Tuesday, 15th week in Ordinary Time
Is 7: 1-9; Mt 11:20-24
Standing on and Standing by are the two terms the Word speaks of today. The world is worried about only one of them- standing on. We wish to stand on for as long as possible but we could not care less whom we are standing by. It does not matter, the world today seems to say. It does not matter whom you stand by provided you stand on. But when standing on becomes problematic we wail and complain.
Should we not find out in the first place whom have we been standing by... the Lord says if we stand by the Lord, we need not worry about standing on. Whatever eventualities, the Lord will see us through.