Week 6 - The Journey Day 2
""When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites. They neglect their appearance, so that they may appear to others to be fasting. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward." Matthew 6:16
Jesus repeats His message again, all three are talking about outer appearances but what is He really saying? I believe it is this, where your heart is there is your treasure. On the inside how are you to respond to God? For what is on the inside will reflect upon your face, upon your conversation with God and upon your actions. Jesus is really talking about our walk with God and our motivations.
This place where no matter what is happening on the outside, you are not deterred from Him. The voice You hear is God, You know that all is well because He is Your Father. Your prayer will be right prayer, your actions will be right actions that please Him and your spirit will always be at peace even though your physical self is speaking to you. Your outer self reflects what Jesus showed us to do in the midst of life. In the end of the Son of Man's earthly mission, His Father gave Him His just reward.
What is God saying to me? It is better to understand than to be understood. I do not miss a beat of your heart.
Dear Father, I see His struggle as He speaks with the disciples, I see Your struggle with me and I also see Your tender response as we walk together. You know the whole story and You know tomorrow, I will do as You ask, I will go where You direct me and I will live at peace to the best of my abilities. Prayers for those listening to the voice of unrest and clanging symbols, as the storm blew Your Son slept, help us all get to this place on the way home. Thank You Father for one of Your faithful servants who responded to Your call and is now at home, he is the child of the King. In Jesus name, Amen.
Mary, Our Lady of Victory, Pray for us.
St Joesph, Protector of Holy Church, Pray for us.
Viva Cristo Rey
Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:4b
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