Today’s Gospel Text:
And
he said, "Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his own
country. 25 But in truth, I tell you, there
were many widows in Israel in the days of Eli'jah, when the heaven was shut up
three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land; 26 and Eli'jah was sent to none of
them but only to Zar'ephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And there were many lepers in
Israel in the time of the prophet Eli'sha; and none of them was cleansed, but
only Na'aman the Syrian." 28 When they heard this, all in
the synagogue were filled with wrath. 29 And they rose up and put him
out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was
built, that they might throw him down headlong. 30 But passing through the midst
of them he went away. Luke 4:24-30
Reflection: Does
anyone wants to be a servant of the Lord? I am sure many of us would want to be one.
We
want to serve our great Lord because we love and want to follow him whatever
the cost. We know that we love him because he first loved us and still continues to love us and without his love we would always have difficulty loving him.
But
how many of us would want to become prophets of the Lord, seeking to speak his
voice, on his behalf?
It
means, many a times, speaking to a stiff-neck people who are hardened with the
cares of the world and would not care about their creator nor give him the
obeisance that is due to him.
It
also means correcting that generation of people both ordinary and those in
authority over their hardness of heart for turning away from the Lord and even
leading the folk, redeemed by the blood of Christ astray or for feeding on these
lambs of Christ.
Who will stop them if not the voice of the prophet who speaks the unpleasant words, which
convicts, hurts and disturbs. It may
disturb to such an extent that the hearer feels that their very existence is at stake.
The
words of the prophet maybe no murderous action but yet his words have managed
to intimidate the murderous wicked man, with evil intent.
Though
this is the fate that awaits any prophets, their existence is a must in any
generation. How else can the wicked claim that they were not warned about the
impending judgment, for their rejection of God’s word?
"Are you jealous
for my sake? Would that all the Lord's
people were prophets, that the Lord would
put his spirit upon them!" Num 11:29
Prayer: Lord,
if thou will then prepare my heart and my lips to speak thy word.
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in the Lord with us
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