Saturday, 25 May 2013

Go deeper in our life before going wider in the influence of our life.

May 25, 2013 - Luke 16:10-18

    10-13 Jesus went on to make these comments:
   If you’re honest in small things,
   you’ll be honest in big things;
If you’re a crook in small things,
   you’ll be a crook in big things.
If you’re not honest in small jobs,
   who will put you in charge of the store?
No worker can serve two bosses:
   He’ll either hate the first and love the second
Or adore the first and despise the second.
   You can’t serve both God and the Bank.
   14-18 When the Pharisees, a money-obsessed bunch, heard him say these things, they rolled their eyes, dismissing him as hopelessly out of touch. So Jesus spoke to them: “You are masters at making yourselves look good in front of others, but God knows what’s behind the appearance.
   What society sees and calls monumental,
   God sees through and calls monstrous.
God’s Law and the Prophets climaxed in John;
Now it’s all kingdom of God—the glad news
   and compelling invitation to every man and woman.
The sky will disintegrate and the earth dissolve
   before a single letter of God’s Law wears out.
Using the legalities of divorce
   as a cover for lust is adultery;
Using the legalities of marriage
   as a cover for lust is adultery.
Jesus exhorts his disciples to be honest and faithful in small things that God will also entrust them with great things when time comes. Disciples of Jesus must decide the primal important thing of life - serving God and not serving self-ego; even sacrificing the good in order to work for the best of life. God also sees through our life - looking at things that are behind the external appearance; disciples are required to go deeper and examine the most inner motivation and drive of our life - loving God and surrendering to Him in order to respond to His calling; going deeper in our life first in order to to go wider in the influence of our life. Life is a blessing each day and life is a concrete experience that we meet with our Lord Jesus daily. My dear friend Jesus, may I satisfy solely in your presence and love today; and may my thoughts, my words, and my deeds be united with yours - living together in the love of our heavenly Father by the Spirit.

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