Luke 24:44
“These are my
words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written
about me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.”
Can you truly say that
you have not broken a promise? Sometimes
promises are made with no intention of keeping them because it's convenient,
achieves an objective, or gets someone off one's back. But God has no and never has been His
intention to break His promises.
After a very long wait, the Messiah has
come. He is the fulfillment of God’s
promise. And for that reason, He would
live in constant danger. But He knows
that the Father will be with Him until His mission is accomplished.
Two-thousand years ago, Jesus has fulfilled
what has been prophesied. It was really
an honor for those who heard Him and see Him work for the glory of God and for
our salvation.
And today, we are all called to share the
same. Today, the scripture can be
fulfilled in our hearing when we decide to join our voices with others and
speak the truth and the only truth, who is Jesus Christ.
If we try to live our faith, at some point
we will be challenged to speak the hard truth and do the hard task, and suffer
the uncomfortable consequences.
Will God really stand by us in our anguish? Can we muster enough trust to “walk our talk”
and not worry too much about the outcome?
“Today this passage has been fulfilled” is
now true only when we ourselves respond to those around us who need a
nourishing, strengthening, joyful, meaningful, healing Word.
Let us pray +
Loving God, You called by name and gave
your only Son to redeem us. Send us the
Holy Spirit to continue the mission of Jesus among us. Grant us the generosity to share his love
with those who most need it. Amen +
O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth!
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