Luke
12:49-53
Jesus
said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it
were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how
great is my anguish until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to
establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. From now on
a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; a
father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother
against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against
her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
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Reflection:
There is
a story of a brother who rebuked his wayward sister for not living her life
properly. While in the process of reprimand the sister angrily walked out from
his brother. She told him not to meddle in her life and he is already dead as
far as she is concerned. By having the courage to correct a wayward behavior
the brother unexpectedly created enmity and an enemy for himself.
This is
the reality of a life with Jesus there would be times that we will be hated and
ostracized by our fellowmen. But we must not be bothered by these temporal
difficult circumstances in our lives. We must always have the courage to
speak-out and correct a wayward behavior no matter what the cost because this
is part of our mission as followers of Christ.
If we
will not correct a wrong behavior and just go with the flow even if it’s wrong.
We are then betraying Christ and sad to say, we are not also a true follower of
Christ. For the simple reason that we are afraid to create an enemy for the
sake of Jesus Christ.
We will
always pay a worldly price that is sometimes painful to accept for the sake of
our passionate discipleship for Jesus. We may even temporarily or even
permanently create enemies or lose friends and even relatives for HIS sake. Let
us not be afraid of having frayed relationship for the sake of our faithful
disciples for Jesus.
You are
already complete if you have Jesus in your life. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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