Rejoice in his desire

Today’s Scripture: And he went up on the mountain, and called to him those whom he desired; and they came to him. 14 And he appointed twelve, to be with him, and to be sent out to preach 15 and have authority to cast out demons: 16 Simon whom he surnamed Peter; 17 James the son of Zeb'edee and John the brother of James, whom he surnamed Bo-aner'ges, that is, sons of thunder; 18 Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. Mark 3:13-19

Reflection: In a close knit family, children often find that they are discriminated against by their parents; it is a choice of one above the other. This same problem exists in our society or community too; one individual gains precedence or extra attention over the other. This often leaves the one’s who have not received feel a sense of rejection and neglect. 

Our mind and our desire can create great upheaval in our surroundings, i.e. families and communities and nations, over such discrimination's.

How can God call those whom he desired? Isn’t he being unjust?  

Some may try and explain this away by rationalizing the faith and claiming that God does not discriminate and end with a full stop. But the message is this: God does not discriminate but we who read God through our vision will always feel discriminated against because we see things inadequately.

When Jesus desires, he doesn’t desire as we desire with all our limitations and inadequacies and thus end up discriminating but with complete knowledge of the human heart which he searches and according to the will of his Father. Thus God’s desire is based on right judgment unlike human judgment,

Prayer:  Lord, May I honour and respect your will in my life by first seeking to recognize it.

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