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| Jan 27, 2010 - Wednesday Meditation (He that doeth the Will of the Father!) |
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| Written by Bobot Apit | |||
| Saturday, 23 January 2010 23:31 | |||
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Lots of people go to church. Lots of people say they are Christian, but how many are living the Christian life and acting on the word of God? Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven (Matthew 7:21)
Wednesday in the Third Week of Ordinary Time 2 Samuel 7:4-17 Psalm 89:4-5, 27-28, 29-30 M ark 4:1-20 Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. (2) And he taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: (3) "Listen! A sower went out to sow. (4) And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. (5) Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it had not much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil; (6) and when the sun rose it was scorched, and since it had no root it withered away. (7) Other seed fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. (8) And other seeds fell into good soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold." (9) And he said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." (10) And when he was alone, those who were about him with the twelve asked him concerning the parables. (11) And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables; (12) so that they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand; lest they should turn again, and be forgiven." (13) And he said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? (14) The sower sows the word. (15) And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown; when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word which is sown in them. (16) And these in like manner are the ones sown upon rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy; (17) and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away. (18) And others are the ones sown among thorns; they are those who hear the word, (19) but the cares of the world, and the delight in riches, and the desire for other things, enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. (20) But those that were sown upon the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold."
Meditation by Tamora Whitney M y job is easy today – Jesus did it for me! I don’t have to explain the gospel, because the explanation is there. But we still have to listen and understand it. It’s still a lesson we need to learn. The word of God is here and readily accessible, but how many people think about it seriously? Lots of people go to church. Lots of people say they are Christian, but how many are living the Christian life and acting on the word of God? Too often the word is like the seed in the first three circumstances. People go to church, but as soon as they leave, the words are gone. They don’t think about it again until next week. They get too busy with their day to day lives, and religion is choked out. Their good intentions are eaten up by materialism, or choked out by their daily lives, or their intentions don’t have roots and don’t survive in the outside world.
It’s not enough to hear the word of God, we must live it. We can’t let the faith and fervor we feel at church wither up and die outside the church walls. We need to hear the word of God, really listen, think about it, understand it, and live it. We need to be the rich soil in which God’s word can take root and thrive. It’s easy to let evil or apathy take over. It’s hard to have conviction and live God’s word, but the harvest will be amazing.
Supplementary Reading Sowing in Tears
T he most difficult place to keep moving in faith is the place of extreme pain. Extreme pain, especially emotional pain, can become immobilizing to the human spirit if it is allowed to overcome us. The psalmist tells us there is only one remedy for overcoming painful circumstances that will result in joy. We are to sow in the midst of these times. You cannot do this if you live by feelings alone. It is an act of the will. This act requires that we go outside ourselves in pure faith. I learned this principle during one of the deepest periods of my life. I had lost much that was dear to me. A mature man in the faith admonished me to reach out to others in spite of my own pain. "Invest in someone else," he said. I did not realize what a place of healing and comfort that would become. "He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him" (Ps. 126:6). Pain can become a source of joy if we take the first step by planting seed. There is a harvest that will come if we sow in the midst of tears. (OS Hillman)
For meditation/readings of the previous days/months , please click any of the following links:
http://his-ways-better-than-our-ways.blogspot.com/ http://www.mabuhayradio.com/sections/the-daily-bread.html http://butuanglobalforum.org/cgi-bin/dboard/YaBB.pl?num=1229339492/220 Daily Mass and Gospel Meditation Broadcast (Tagalog) thru DWXI (5am Phil Time), pls click this link: http://www.eradioportal.com/index.php?p=2&aid=1&sid=62#STS=g1jais7y.zk6
GOD BLESS US ALL!
O Theos Na Mas Evlogisi!
PRAY as if everything depended on HIM. ACT as if everything depended on YOU. Facebook Acct: bobot.apit@yahoo.com.ph
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