Luke
21:20-28
Jesus
said to his disciples: “When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, know that
its desolation is at hand. Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains. Let
those within the city escape from it, and let those in the countryside not
enter the city, for these days are the time of punishment when all the
Scriptures are fulfilled. Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those
days, for a terrible calamity will come upon the earth and a wrathful judgment
upon this people. They will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken as
captives to all the Gentiles; and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the
Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
“There
will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be
in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will die
of fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of
the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a
cloud with power and great glory. But when these signs begin to happen, stand
erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand.
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Reflection:
What
makes you afraid? Are you afraid of problems and trials that may come your way?
Jesus
talks about a very frightening scenario in the gospel. But at the same time at
the end He also tells us that there shall be redemption. We also have our own
share of frightening scenarios in our lives. Problems, trials, persecution and
so forth and these will test also our faithfulness to God.
Let us
continue to steadfastly hold-on, let us not let go of God no matter how hard
our trials may be. For at the end there shall be redemption for us also. If we have
God nobody could bring us down not even the severest problem and persecution.
However,
there are times that we give-up but what many of us don’t know is problems and
trials are part and parcel of our daily life. All of us have problems and
trials that we go through and we don’t encounter these difficulties to defeat us.
We encounter these trials/problems so that it could strengthen us and if we
handle it properly we will come-out of it a much better and stronger person.
Let us
not allow our trials and problems to weaken us. For the simple reason that
there is always hope for as long as we continue to have faith in Jesus. –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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