Luke 9:9
And he kept trying to see Him.
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In any events, whether a movie shoot, a bank robbery in progress or a hostage-taking, we would see them. In the Philippines, we call them “uzis” (from the Tagalog word “usisero” or loosely termed as kibitzers in English).
People would come to the scene either to help or just to watch in order to satisfy their curiosity. “Usiseros” belong to the latter. Like when we go to Sunday mass out of curiosity. In the end, we did nothing, learned nothing and wasted a lot of our time.
During the time of Jesus, a lot of people would like to see Jesus. Most of them would see Him to ask for help, cure and healing of their souls. But maybe, a number of them would just do that out of curiosity. And the greatest “uzi” during that time is no other than Herod.
Yes, he would like to see Jesus. But not to worship, praise and believe in Him. Herod wants to see Jesus out of curiosity. He wants to see Jesus but he doesn’t want to learn and do anything about it. In fact, he wants to see the Lord so he can have him arrested and put to death
But we are not Herod. We were created to desire God. We were created to desire the goodness and beauty of God's creation. We were created to desire to share that goodness and beauty with our neighbor.
We are not created by God to be “uzis”. There is nothing wrong seeing other people suffer, as long as we help and lift them up so they may experience joy and triumph. We should do something, learn something and put our time in better use to help others. That is our mission. That should be our hearts’ desire.
Let us pray +
Almighty Father, You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You. Grant us the grace to desire You with our whole heart, that in desiring You, we may seek and find You. Through Christ Jesus we pray this. Amen +
In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.
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