Reflection: The
big attractions of life are money, power, wealth, pleasures of life and
recognition.
What
will people not exchange in return for these things? The media today gives
further impetus to short term popularity and wealth and money.
If
one had money then one could even buy these other attractions of life; for such
is the power of money and wealth.
No
wonder the poor easily get attracted to gambling and lotteries because it
fulfills their dreams or some may go for illegal activities or jobs that attracts
risks but at the same time an easy windfall of money.
Then
there is the cult of power which attracts too; any news concerning the head of
state is lapped up easily by the great crowd, so too news concerning great
sports star or film stars or great achievers.
An
attractive person can get a lot more likes on social networking sites than the
less attractive.
Where
does a poor wondering mendicant like Jesus fit the bill when it comes to
attracting followers for himself?
What
is that big attraction in Jesus that we should to go after him?
Yet
the audacity of the man to challenge us to follow him, with challenges that
least attract in comparison to what the world, with its many attractions has to
offer each one of us:
1)
Deny yourself
2)
Take up your cross
3)
then follow him
Why
should any sane thinking person risk their precious life in order to follow a
person like Jesus?
This
is a question which every individual on earth need to ask and better be serious
about?
The
why of it is clear: Life is the most precious thing than all the allurements and
attractions this world can offer.
Prayer: Lord, I thank you for revealing to us the
importance of our soul and the need to save it by following you and your ways.
DD = Dedicated
Discipleship: Come grow
in the Lord with us
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