Reflection - 56

“Let us pray; Lord Jesus Christ we thank you and we praise you for the graces that you showered upon us. Especially we thank you for this morning. Jesus, be with us the whole day, so that we can do everything according to your will. Jesus please helps us to hear and understand your words. Send your spirit to us, so that we can have a meaningful meditation today, Amen.”

Now let us sing song of Holy Spirit to invoke the presence of Holy Spirit in our midst.

Today I have taken the words of Jesus from the gospel of St. Mathew chapter 23 verses 12; “All those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Based on these verses I would like to share some points with you. In my opinion, these words of Jesus say that we have to be a servant of God. To be a servant of God we can see three aspects based on these words of Jesus.

1.      Be Humble

A true servant needs to be a humble person always. There are some people, those who have enough abilities and capacities to do things. But they are not recognizing or realize their abilities knowingly in front of others. It is not humility.  Dear friends if I say that I have no ability to do things well though really I have, is disrespecting our abilities which is given by God as a gift. So to be a humble person we need to accept our self firstly. Then only we can be humble in front of others.

2.      Give Respect and Accept Others

A true servant needs to respect others as well as accept others. We all are blessed with many qualities but there will be differences in those qualities. We are forming to serve others so firstly we need to respect others as they are and accept as they are. 

3.      Share with Others

Even we are blessed with many qualities we are not complete in our self. There are shortcomings with us. So to fulfill those shortcomings we have to share our things and abilities with others. By sharing with others we are doing service to God. Jesus said “you received without payment, give without payment”, because everything that we have is the gift of God.

Once again I remain the three aspects to be a servant of God. They are be humble, give respect & accept others and share with others. Now let us meditate more upon these points.

Bro. Bibin Baby