Homily
for December 15, 2017.
If you
have ever been to a very busy airport and you needed to catch a connecting
flight, (of which you know that missing your plane would cost you so much
money), then you will appreciate the value of commands, signs and instructions.
Of course,
when you have just five minutes to get to a particular terminal where your
plane is just about to complete boarding, you will not need anybody to tell you
to run notwithstanding the weight of your carry-on luggage. At this point, even
if it is a small child that is giving you command about where to go or where
not to go, you will say “Thank you” and obey.
Whenever
we find ourselves having serious difficulties with following instructions, it
is always because we do not appreciate the value of what we stand to gain or we
do not believe there is anything to benefit from such instructions.
Our first
reading this morning contains a cry from God not only to the people of Israel
but to us as well. “Oh that you had listened to my commandments! Then your
peace would have been like a river…”
Often
times, you hear people say keeping God’s commandment is difficult or that it is
a sacrifice to follow them. This attitude represents an ignorance of what we
stand to gain when we keep God’s commandments.
We want
the good things of life yet we do not want to listen to God. We ignore the Word
of God and base our everyday decisions on what people say. We believe more in
dem say, dem say than in what God says. We fail to realize that truth is truth
regardless of our many people believe lies.
John the
Baptist came, he was neither eating nor drinking and people started saying he
was not normal. Jesus adopted a different style of spirituality; he freely ate and
drink even in public, but the people were saying he was just a common sinner. If
we live our lives based on popular opinions (dem say, dem say) rather than God’s
word, we make grievous mistakes.
God
desires our happiness even more than we do. Christmas is a clear proof that God
would stop at nothing to ensure our happiness. We just need to trust God and
believe that in the seemingly “difficult” commandments lies the key to our
everlasting joy. Forget about what people say!
Let us
Pray: Lord Jesus, I keep my heart and my ears attentive to your word always.
Amen.
Be Happy.
Live Positive. Have Faith. It is well with you. God bless you. (Friday of the
2nd Week of Advent. Bible Study: Isaiah 48:17-19 and Matthew 11:16-19).
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