Save me o lord in your steadfast love.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Save me o lord in your steadfast love.

Dear friends, today matahew’s gospel Jesus is going up to Jerusalem and moving gradually to his death. Tows of his disciples ask him if they can sit at his right and left hand in the kingdom. Jesus then asks if they can drink of the cup he is going to drink. Clearly, the disciples do not understand what the kingdom is about that they are called to serve, not to be served. They too are called to lay down their lives for others.

Reflection
Here Jesus is unthinkable for us he wedded authority with service and with the sacrifice of one’s life for the sake of another. Authority with out sacrificial love is brutish and self-serving. Jesus also used stark language to explain what kind of sacrifice he had in mind. His disciples must drink his cup if they expect to reign with him in his kingdom. The cup he had in mind was a bitter one involving crucifixion. What kind of cup does the lord have in mind for us? For some disciples such a cup entails physical suffering and the painful struggle of martyrdom. But for many it entails the long routine of the christen life, with all its daily sacrifice, disappointments, setbacks, struggles, and temptations. A disciple must be ready to lay down his or her life in martyrdom and be ready to lay it down each and every day in the little and big sacrifices required. And early church father summand up Jesus: teaching with the _expression; to serve is to reign with Christ We share in God’s reign by laying sown our live in humble service of one another as Jesus did for us sake. Are u ready to lay down your life and to serve others as Jesus did? So brothers think of it and meditate over.

Prayer;

Therefore whenever we invoke Gods blessing let us keep this prayer in our mind
“Lord Jesus, make me a servant of love for your kingdom, that I ma seek to serve rather than be served. Inflame my heart with love that I may give generously and serve joyfully for your sake”. Lord I pray that I may respond to your call and to surrender my life into our hands. In a world where we are encouraged to take control of our lives and to seek what we want and take it in your name.

written by
Bhaskar Reddyscj
First year theology Student.