Matthew 12:50
“For
whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and
mother.”
When working in my first company, I have
come to learn that any process has inherent variation. And this variation is due to interactions
between the different parts of a process – man, machine, methods and
materials. And through the years,
engineers and scientists have tried to develop tools to measure, predict and
reduce this variation. Because
unacceptable variation (operating outside the norm or customer requirements)
could potentially pose problems in quality, cost and delivery.
In our life with the Lord, we vary in the
way we really live our life. We go to
mass on Sundays, and suddenly the next day, we are cursing, committing petty
sins and allowing temptations to overcome us.
There is a time when we read the whole chapter of Luke, then suddenly
the will to read the Bible is gone and the Bible gathers dust once again. A big variation, indeed! And how can we change this? By focusing all our energy on the “target
value”, who is no other than the Lord.
We need to have Jesus at the center of our
lives. Knowing His will and commands,
our actions and words should be based on his works and words. As soon as the world tries to get our
attention, thereby deviating from the center, we should immediately disengage
and do fixes or corrective actions in order to go back to the center. And as we practice good works again and
again, disengaging totally from temptations, we find that the variation becomes
smaller and smaller until we realize that we are operating only at that one
target value, that is obeying the will of the Lord.
For a life in Him is not just because we
are not smoking, or drinking or watching porn.
It is living is a spirit of humility, love, mercy, and a lifestyle that
says “to live is Christ, and to die is gain”.
That is the will of the Father.
And that is your target value.
Lord Jesus, You are the center of our
lives. We may deviate from that truth
once in a while, but You are the One who pulls us back to Your love. Teach us to forever be with You, obeying Your
will. Amen +
Let us sing to the Lord; He has covered Himself in glory.
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