The Mind of Christ

WORD 2day: Tuesday, 22nd week in Ordinary Time

August 30, 2022: 1 Cor 2: 10-16; Lk 4: 31-37

They believed firmly that no human being can ever deserve the love of God. All that one can do is live in fear of the wrath of God and live a righteous life in order to avoid punishment; one has to live in fear and trembling all his or her life, to obtain one's salvation. 

Jesus turns tables as he makes it clear to them that while it is true that no one can deserve the love of God, it is equally true that one need not deserve to be loved! God loves us and that is all that matters. In his own self Jesus demonstrated how God is close to every human person and how God is compassionately in love with God's children. It is not about begging God for love, but it is about claiming that love with authority that comes from the very fact that we are sons and daughters of that loving God.

"Claiming with the right of the children"... can we really do that? Yes, of course, but let us remember that it first requires that I ensure that live as a true son or a daughter of God, knowing my duties and my obligations, my priorities and pertaining choices! It is the Spirit who enables us to have this clear, in our mind and in our lives. 

It is the Spirit of the Lord with us and within us, who makes us realize that we are the sons and daughters of the Lord almighty. Above all these, to know our privilege as children, to understand the value of being God's sons and daughters, the fundamental requirement is that we have the mind of Christ! The Spirit enables us to grow the mind of Christ within us, that we may grow more and more in our identity as sons and daughters of God.