Daily Readings
Reflection by Tom Cummins, a parishioner
"What are you looking for?"
In today’s reading those are
the very first words spoken by Jesus in John’s Gospel. He poses the question to
prospective, and eventual, disciples.
Isn’t it interesting that the
richness of everything Jesus says and does in John’s Gospel begins with a
question? “What are you looking for?” I don’t know what I would say now
even with our 2000 years of tradition, liturgies, teachings, and preachings.
Can you just imagine answering that question on the spur of the moment ...
face-to-face with Jesus?
For me, the verse, “What are
you looking for?” is most intriguing, and it also one of my favorites in
scripture. It reveals what Jesus’ message is really all about. It is a response
from us that Jesus is after.
He calls; we respond.
What Jesus has to offer isn’t a
one-size-fits-all package. It’s personal. It’s relational. It’s at the
individual level. “What are you looking for?”
I’m going to be thinking about
this for quite a while. But I have a sneaking suspicion that what I’m looking
for is to be found in my surrender, my turning over my will to what Jesus is
asking of me in the power of the Holy Spirit and through God’s grace.
That seems to be a good place
to begin 2013.
+In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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