Seek His Will

Today’s Gospel Text: In these days he went out to the mountain to pray; and all night he continued in prayer to God. 13 And when it was day, he called his disciples, and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles; 14 Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, 15 and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, 16 and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.17 And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; 18 and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. 19 And all the crowd sought to touch him, for power came forth from him and healed them all. Luke 6:12-19

Reflection: When one wants to start a big business venture, then one of the most challenging task is to employ and assign the right kind of personnel’s for the many tasks at hand.

One would organize oneself in the mind, list down the many tasks to be undertaken, who should be taking up the supervisory task and accordingly would go about employing the kind of people one would want to.

Many would even go about their business by consulting an expert, which could be their own family members or some experts or friends.

In the Gospel of text we find that Jesus sets about his Father’s business by spending the night in prayer and then goes about picking up the twelve who would be his Apostles.

If we are God’s work and employed in his service, then we cannot rule out the action of Jesus and not imitate him in all that we do.

If we exist in order to serve God and to seek his glory in all things then the least we can do is to consult him  and seek his wisdom in prayer, just as Jesus did.

Further, Jesus sought to do the will of the Father; “If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me.” John 10:37

This habit of consulting God  cannot become an overnight habit, which would come about naturally with us. It is a practice that has to be part of our daily routine, either before the Eucharistic Lord or at his feet in daily prayer.

Prayer: Lord, may I seek you and your wisdom in all that I do.

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