“I do not accept human praise;
moreover, I know that you do not have the love of God in you.
I came in the name of my Father,
but you do not accept me;
yet if another comes in his own name,
you will accept him.
We as a community hero worship mortal humans. Growing up , whenever I would be asked who is my idol or my inspiration – my brain would say – my mom and more recently my dad .. I could never fathom how we could find anyone a sports man or woman or a an actor as someone to look upto.. Instead I always felt my work was far more important as a doctor and now as a surgeon!!!
But Jesus hits the nail on coffin of our dead faith and non existent worship life! But I realized as I grew older how much I craved for that safe space with the Lord , in prayer and especially at church on Sundays. I look forward to going to church now! Celebrating the eucharist and focusing on the part of my life. Yes I have work and stress of studies and more worries about work.. but I have reached a point where I know how much I need to surrender to the Lord.
This Lent , I have realise how dependent I am on myself and self reliant I am trying to be when I live alone in a new city for work and higher education and I need to surrender and not have control over everything and let my mental health be filled with faith and complete surrender.
Let us put our shortcomings and issues at His feet at the cross and focus on our HERO and IDOL, to make him a priority in our life and work harder than ever to be better people and faithful Christians at work and in life!
AMEN
