ACCEPT HIS WORD (02-03-13)

Mark 6:11

“Whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you, leave there and shake the dust off your feet in testimony against them.”

A man boarded the bus I was riding going to the office.  Suddenly, he stood up.  Some of us thought he was a robber.  But then, he took out, not a gun, but a Bible.  He then started preaching.

I then looked around at the reactions of people around me.  One lady got her phone and started texting.  Another man looked far away as if trying to focus his attention to something else.  A young girl, though, looking at the man, must have been at lost to what he is saying.  Her mother is actually busy talking with a friend.  And some just closed their eyes.

But the man still went on with his preaching.  When he finished, he distributed an envelope for donation.  The man beside me remarked, “sabi na nga ba (what I was thinking is right)”.

Well, it could be about the money.  Or the money may be going to something good.  We can give or not, it is our choice.  But judging the person as being there just for the money is something not right.

There is nothing wrong listening to the Word of God being preached.  There is nothing wrong absorbing what is right and applies that in our lives. 

There is nothing wrong welcoming His word into our hearts as we start or end our day.  If is about God, there is really nothing wrong about it.

When the man got off the bus, the conductor opened the TV in the bus and tuned in to a telenovela.  People started to become attentive.  Some opened their eyes and watched. 

You can see them giggling and enjoying the show.

Let us pray +

Almighty Father, may we listen to your Word.  It is not enough that we believe in You.  We must also accept Your Word in our hearts.  Amen +

Great is the LORD and wholly to be praised…