LET NOT YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED. (Homily for April 22, 2016. Friday of the 4th week of Easter.)


Bible Study: Acts 13, 26 to 33 and John 14, 1 to 6.


The words of Jesus in our Gospel passage this morning are really really reassuring.  Despite whatever life brings, let these words remain always at the back of our minds: “Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me.” Jesus did not just say, “let not your hearts be troubled”, he went ahead to add the only cure and remedy or safeguard so to say, that would prevent our hearts from getting unnecessarily troubled – “Believe!” Just believe.

Believe that there is God and that God knows, God sees, God understands, that God cares and always wants the best for you. Believe also in Jesus that he is the Son of God, that he once lived in human flesh and he perfectly understands what you are going through. Truly speaking, the only cure for worry is Faith!. To the extent that we believe things would be fine is the extent that we let go of our fears and anxiety.

Consider what St. Paul is saying in the first reading. Jesus Christ was persecuted by a people he came to save, a people who were anxiously expecting a Messiah, and even though they did not recognise Jesus as the long awaited Messiah, by their very actions, they helped bring to fulfilment all that the prophets of old said about Jesus.

Dear friends, could it just be that the so-called suffering you may be going through right now is just a fulfilment of God’s ultimate plan for you? Think about it! Would you still consider your present situation as suffering if you had the privilege of seeing the future and knowing that great things lie ahead of you?

Take for example, a student who has to eat once a day and stay up all night to read. He may consider his present predicament as suffering but then, what if he is destined to get a job that would earn him a 7digit salary just after school. Would he still consider his present situation as suffering? Sometimes a change in perspective may just be all we need to quench our worries and re-settle our hearts.

Just believe! Trust in God. Nothing ever happens to you without God’s permission and knowledge. Yes, things may be bad right now. But don’t waste any time worrying. Even a troubled heart like a troubled sea will not make you see clearly what lies ahead and it is the hope of something better that keeps us going. Faith may not show you the whole of your future but it encourages you to just take one small step at a time like one holding a small lamp in the dark. That small step is all that matters. Little drops make mighty oceans.

People may be disturbing you from all sides right now, and you just cannot understand why they are being mean to you. You may be so unjustly treated and innocently accused of what you are not aware of. You may even be so angry right now with somebody or with a particular system but still, let not your heart be troubled! Let not your hearts be troubled. The people who killed Jesus did not even know they were helping to prove his authenticity as the Messiah. Those people making life difficult for you may just be helping to bring out the best in you, the best that God himself created you to be.

Let not your hearts be troubled.

Let us pray: Lord Jesus, teach me to trust and believe that you are always there for me. When life is hard and my boat is tossed by storms from all sides, allow me to see you walking on water towards me. Enlarge my heart to trust that you have plans for me; plans to give me a meaning and a purpose in life. Amen.


God bless you. Good morning. Be Happy. Live Positive. Have Faith. It is well with you.

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