CHRISTIANS
Yesterday when we celebrated the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord, we heard the Father's voice from Heaven saying you are my beloved Son, my favour rests on you. The same words can be applied to us, dear friends, for at our own baptism we became God's children, His beloved and favoured ones.
You are God's beloved child, do not tarnish your image by a life of sin and disobedience to God's Word. Rather we are to heed the words of Jesus today, Change your ways and believe the Good News.
We are reminded today that we are God's favoured ones as we heard in the first reading 📖 from the Letter to the Hebrews, " at various times, God has spoken through the prophets, but in our own time, he has spoken through His own Son" aren't we favoured? Ofcourse we are. For we have received the message of God from the God Himself and not even through the angels.
This is a wonderful privilege that we have as Christians and we are to follow our Lord Jesus Christ, the One sent to us directly by the Father.
The Gospel reading 📖 tells us what is meant to be a Christian, and true followers of Christ. It tells us that the essence of Christianity is not just about following a set of rules and principles, rather it is in following an inspiring Person. People are not easily moved by words but more by the good actions and life of a person. The martyrs that we celebrate 🎉 didn't die for an abstract set of rules and principles, but out of love for a person , our Lord Jesus Christ.
This is what we are called to do as Christians. Our Lord Jesus Christ calls us everyday as he calls the first four disciples "Come, follow me" . That's our mission
This mission is urgent ,the call is also urgent so the response must also be urgent. An urgent call requires an urgent response.
Just as the four disciples hurriedly answered and followed Jesus, so must we.
The call is not a once and for All event. God calls us everyday , every time to be true witnesses to His Gospel. And so we must answer and respond everytime and every day .
Let each second , each minute , each hour , each day , each week , and every month be opportunities to always respond urgently and hurriedly to The call of God, to change our ways and believe the Good News .
The disciples left everything to follow Christ , some have also left everything to follow Jesus. This is not just once and for all, we are all called to a constant abandonment of things that will hinder from fully following Jesus.
May God help us to be better Christians through Christ our Lord .
