WAKE UP CALL! ~ CookingFood.Org

“HONEY FROM THE ROCK”

Tuesday, 12th July 2016,

Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time

Is 7: 1-9;

Ps 47: 2-8;

Mt 11: 20-24

WAKE UP CALL!

In the gospel Jesus is speaking to the people of the towns in which he has been performing amazing miracles and healings, but the people are just going about their daily lives as if nothing is happening around them. Jesus tells the people that they need to wake up and repent! Since they are choosing to remain asleep, they are choosing for themselves an eternity of suffering and misery. I don’t think that any of us want anything like that for our future or the future of anyone that we know and care about. Jesus is here, with us now, we need to wake up to that fact. We need to turn to him, tell him how sorry we are for all the things that we have done and just surrender our lives to him. Then at the end of this earthly life, we might be blessed enough to hear him say to us; “Well done, good and faithful servant.”

We know how easy it is to go off track and “fall asleep.” We live in a very busy and fast paced world, and there are many distractions and messages that go against our faith. At the end of the first reading today we hear: “If you do not stand by me, you will not stand at all.” We must have a solid foundation that is built upon Christ, and we must rely on the Holy Spirit to guide us in our daily lives. We must also as St Paul describes in Romans, “persevere in prayer” thereby “firming” up our faith. Not always an easy thing to do, but remember the reward at the end of the journey is so glorious and more that we could ever hope for or imagine. Let us pray that we all find the strength and courage to wake up and be firm in our faith, until the end.

Prayer: Lord, give us the diligence and reverence to remain focused on You and Your will for our lives. Amen.