Gospel: Luke
12:8-12
Jesus
said to his disciples: “I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others the
Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God. But whoever denies me
before others will be denied before the angels of God.
“Everyone
who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who
blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. When they take you
before synagogues and before rulers and authorities, do not worry about how or
what your defense will be or about what you are to say. For the Holy Spirit
will teach you at that moment what you should say.”
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Reflection:
Do we
acknowledge the majesty and goodness of God before others? To acknowledge God
is to proclaim His goodness towards us. To acknowledge God is to proclaim and
share His blessing with others. For example, when you say God bless you to
someone, you are already acknowledging the goodness of God in your life. And
you want your friends to be blessed by God as well.
To
acknowledge God in one’s life is to live and share His teachings. Do we live
and share His teachings? We become productive followers of Jesus when we share
Him and when we live His teachings. Profession of faith is not good enough we
have to humbly show that we are living our faith and in turn we become active
and not passive followers of God.
We always
acknowledge the presence of God in our lives when we do good and shun whatever
forms of evil. When we are always humble and loving even if our others are not
humble and loving towards us. This is for the reason that Jesus is a God of
love and humility. Do we strive to live the love and humility of Jesus?
It’s tempting to ego trip most especially when
we have the power and means to do so but this is against the will of God. How would
Jesus be seen in us and how could we acknowledge the presence of Jesus in our
lives if we are egoistic and arrogant?
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