Letting go...letting God... living for God
THE WORD IN LENT 2026 - SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
March 01 - Genesis 12: 1-4; 2 Timothy 1: 8-10; Matthew 17: 1-9
Listening and Fasting - Lent as a time for conversion... that is our project. Listening to the right voice, was the project underlined last Sunday! Continuing that line of thought, the Word today explains what it means to listening to God, really. It means, living for God.
There are two figures presented to us - one, in the person of Abraham who listened to the voice of God; and the other, in the persons of the apostles with Jesus on the mount, especially among them Peter.
When Abraham listened to the voice calling him to leave his country and go where the Lord leads him... it was a great challenge of letting go of everything that mattered to him... just as Peter and apostles who are there on top of the mountain with Jesus. Letting go... is a call, and we are part of that call too, in the way we accept the call from God to believe and accept.
But this letting go does not guarantee everything... Abraham not only let go of everything, he also let God lead him. He did not ask God where God was leading him...he just followed. He humbly submits. This is where impetuous Peter resembles us... we think we are letting go of everything but at the same time we have so many plans and projects, like making three tents, achieving this, accomplishing that, establishing our names and make ourselves important. The voice immediately stops them and tells them: this is my Son, Listen to him! May be we have to check our tendency here... and let God, let God lead, let God act, let God reign.
Thirdly, letting God, is not passivity. It is actively living for God, making a choice for God which means at every moment trying to discern God's directions and making the right choice in the right way... that we may behold the glory of the Lord all the time with us, but shining out when we allow ourselves to be led by God.
Living for God is the most authentic sign of listening to God.