The
Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus. Jesus answered them, “I have shown you
many good works from my Father. For which of these are you trying to stone me?
The Jews answered him, “We are not stoning you for a good work but for
blasphemy. You, a man, are making yourself God.” Jesus answered them, “Is it
not written in your law, ‘I said, ‘You are gods”‘? If it calls them gods to
whom the word of God came, and Scripture cannot be set aside, can you say that
the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world blasphemes
because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? If I do not perform my Father’s works,
do not believe me; but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me, believe
the works, so that you may realize and understand that the Father is in me
and I am in the Father.” Then they tried again to arrest him; but he escaped
from their power. He went back across the Jordan to the place where John
first baptized, and there he remained.
Many
came to him and said, “John performed no sign, but everything John said about
this man was true.” And many there began to believe in him.
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Reflection:
Do you
sometimes feel unrewarded for the effort/s that you do? For example, you did
something good to someone and then the person did not care to compliment or
recognize your good deed.
How would
you feel? Perhaps you would be disheartened or even feel bad. On second thought
instead of feeling disheartened or bad I think you should still feel good for
the reason that you’ve done something worthy to someone.
Jesus
did everything for the Jews yet they never thanked Him. He instead was
persecuted for doing good. Did He feel bad for not being given due recognition?
Perhaps yes, because He was human like us. However Jesus never allowed their
ingratitude to bring Him down and distract Him from His focus with His mission
of salvation.
This
is the reality of life, there are those who will not compliment us for the
good that we’ve done for them. Nevertheless let us continue to do good and not
be disheartened for God knows everything and God will always reward those who
do good. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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