Be Judicious

Journey to Holiness: do not take goodness for granted

March 28, 2019: Thursday, Third week in Lent

Jeremiah 7: 23-28; Luke 11: 14-23

One of the dangers that we run into in our day to day life is, taking the goodness of the Lord for granted. The Love of the Lord is endless and immeasurable. Yet there is every chance that I may deprive myself of this boundless love - yes, it is I who deprives myself of it!

What do you think: A pot kept on an open terrace, after a full day of heavy rain, will it be filled with water? Though there might have been a heavy shower and for such a long time, yet it depends so much on the pot - whether it was kept open or closed, whether it was kept upside down or in its proper position! This is how it is with the merciful love of the Lord. It is there for our taking; but if we miss it, we are depriving ourselves of it.

At times in our priorities and choices, we relegate the aspect of staying worthy of the Lord's mercies to such a despicable position that we go far far away from God and have our own existence, independent of God. The fact is that we cannot go too far, for wherever we go, the Lord is with us. Yet, we take that presence, that love and that mercy for granted and in fact, a painful experience of rejection do we give the Lord. Is this not what the Lord shared already through Hosea (in chapter 11), 'the more I called them, the more they went from me'; 'my people are bent on turning away from me'...what an expression of pain from the Lord!

Holiness tip for today: Let me evaluate my priorities in life and pray for those who are bent on turning away from the Lord!