To do good - is that really enough?

WORD 2day: Wednesday, 1st week in Ordinary time

January 15, 2020: 1 Samuel 3: 1-10,19-20; Mark 1: 29-39

Preaching, healing, casting the demons out - Jesus went around doing good! But he was personally conscious that doing good was not good enough! When the disciples scout to find him and the people try to possess him for themselves, he insists that he needs to move on. 

Doing good was good; but more important for him was doing what God wanted of him. We get lost sometimes in the frenzy of doing good to as many as possible... not really bothering whether we are doing really what God wants of us! Doing good for the sake of "doing" may not lead us far enough; doing good for the sake of "good", for the sake of God who is good, is what really matters!

Obedience to Eli and service in the temple was something good... but God was calling Samuel for something higher: to listen to the Lord and speak the Lord's word to the people! When doing good alone becomes our concern, a lot of problematic elements like the fame-game, the ego-trips and rat-races find their way easily in. 

Instead, if I am convinced of doing what God wants of me, I will surely find serenity even amidst the worst of situations. But for that, I need to learn to say: 'Speak Lord, for your servant is listening!'