WORD 2day: Friday after Epiphany
January 9, 2026 - 1 John 5: 513; Luke 5: 12-16
Anyone who believes in the Son has life... our life, our privileged Christian life, our life to which we are called, is in the Son. Elsewhere we read too, "And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent" (Jn 17:3). The basis of a blessed life is not our achievements nor our accomplishments, nor our hoardings or savings, but our relationship with God, the Source of that life!
The question posed to us today is about how truly and sincerely are we connected to the Lord? Jesus is seen today drawing himself alone to pray... and it is reported every now and then by the Gospel writers. He knew the importance of being connected to the Lord... being connected to, makes us never lose the source of our life, our true, blessed and eternal life.
Being connected to, is one thing; and a fall out of it is, being connected in the Lord. Being connected in, means that we are connected not only to God, but to each other, in the Lord. If being connected to is the source of life and its blessedness, being connected in the Lord is the way to sustain that life and remain in that life and its blessedness. This is what Jesus and his coming, teach us.
Connecting to the Father and staying in touch with the Son is the work of the Spirit within. Connecting with the other in the Father, Son and the Spirit is the we get our life in the Son. We are chosen - not merely in water and blood, but in the Spirit above all... and in the Son. Our life in the Son is our life in the Spirit, according to the will of the Father.