Bible Study: Acts 9, 1 to 20 and John
6, 52 to 59.
While going through our reading this morning, I just couldn’t help
but remember the lyrics of one song from my favourite cartoon back in the days:
The Lion King. It was a song by Diana Ross titled “He lives in you.”
Night and the spirit of life calling
Oh, oh, iyo mamela oh, oh, iyo
And the voice with the fear of a child answers
Oh, oh, iyo iyo mamela
Wait! There's no mountain too great
Hear these words and have faith
Oh, oh, iyo
Have faith
Hela hey mamela, hela hey mamela
Hela hey mamela, hela hey mamela
He lives in you, he lives in me (hela hey mamela)
He watches over everything we see
Into the waters, into the truth
In your reflection, he lives in you
This morning, Jesus tells us: “He who eats my flesh and drinks
my blood abides in me, and I in him.” In other words, when we eat the body and
drink the blood of Jesus in Holy Communion, we essentially become back of Jesus’
body and he begins to live inside of us. To apply the words of Diana Ross,
Jesus basically lives in you and all we need to do is to have faith because we
are never alone. Jesus lives in you, he watches over everything that happens to
you, there is no mountain too great, no height to high, just have faith because
Jesus lives in you.
You see, when Saul was on his way to persecute the Christians in
Damascus, he didn’t realise that the Christians he was persecuting were
communicants and that Jesus was living in them; he didn’t realise that he was
also persecuting Jesus. To the glory of God, Jesus confronted him on the road
and he was struck down with a bright light from heaven which blinded him. Then
Jesus asked him a very passionate question: “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute
me?”
Dear friends, cast away your fears. Be faithful to communion and
know that each time you eat the flesh and drink the blood, you are part of
Jesus and Jesus is in you. No one can harm you without Jesus knowing, and there
is no where you can ever go without Jesus being there because he is in you. He is
your life.
Knowing that Jesus is in you should not make you arrogant,
neither should it make you try to put his power to the test. Instead, it should
make you conscious not to offend Jesus by falling into sin as we can never hide
anything from him. On the other hand, do not keep away from communion as Jesus
himself said: “Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,
you have no life in you.” Go for confession today and receive communion because
the more you keep away from communion, the more you grow weaker in your
resistance to sin.
Let us Pray:
Lord Jesus, may I always be conscious that you live in me. Amen.
God bless you. Good morning. Be
Happy. Live Positive. Have Faith. It is well with you. Happy weekend.
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