THE WORD IN LENT - Tuesday, 5th week in Lent
March 23, 2021: Numbers 21:
4-9; John 8:21-30
They thought they were finishing his story off. Little did they know they were giving rise to an all new history. The Lord was lifted and as he had said, he drew all to himself when he was lifted. Today, as always, the blood of some people of God is being spilled for no reason, but it is not a signal to the end of the Reign of the Lord. Let the world beware that the Lord is being lifted up. And when the Lord is lifted up, he will definitely draw people to himself.
All that we
need to do is like Jesus himself guarantee that we do not act as we like but
according to the will of the One who has called us. As Jesus himself testified
it was his doing the will of his Father that gave him the meaning of his life.
As the Scripture points through St. Paul it is the obedience to the Father that
placed Jesus above every being on earth and gave him the name that is above
every name (Phil 2: 8-11).
When we do the will of the One who has called us, when we dedicate our entire
life for the mission that the One has entrusted to us, then let us understand
we are lifting the One Lord high! Not all will like it; not all will support
it; some will even deliberately work against it...but all the same the Lord
will be lifted high! And then the Lord shall draw people to the Reign.
Hence, when
there are difficulties around, when there are discouragements felt, when there
are deliberate efforts to foil the goodness of the Lord – just look to lift the
Lord - in your words, actions and your life! The world shall surely know the
True Lord!