Jesus said to the people in
the synagogue at Nazareth: “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his
own native place. Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the
days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe
famine spread over the entire land. It was to none of these that Elijah was
sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon. Again, there were
many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of
them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” When the people in the
synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. They rose up, drove him
out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had
been built, to hurl him down headlong. But he passed through the midst of them
and went away.
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Reflection:
Are you sometimes envious of the success of your fellowmen?
Crab mentality perhaps was in the minds of Jesus townmates that is
why they did not acknowledge Him as their prophet. His townmates were
envious of His newfound celebrity status they could not accept that a simple
carpenter was doing all these life changing preachings, healings and miracles.
The reality of our lives is this: We don’t control the destiny of others
only God controls it. God can raise up seemingly ordinary people to give them
extraordinary gifts and missions. We must not be envious of these people who
were given by God with these extra ordinary gifts we instead must be happy for
them.
The result of their loathsome behavior towards Jesus is this: Jesus did
not do much miracles in their place. Let
us not be like the townmates of Jesus let us embrace Jesus and let us deeply
believe in Him for He is the Son of God and our Lord and Savior. – Marino
J. Dasmarinas
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