MONDAY 15th MARCH 2021
John 4, 43-54:
“The man believed in the word of Jesus and set out on the way”.
The official in today’s Gospel is marked by three verbs: INSIST, BELIEVE and STARTED ON THE WAY.
They are three verbs that define a follower of Jesus very well when he or she approaches Jesus to ask for something.
+ INSIST: Jesus always listens, but for our part we have to be “pushy “. Like a child who wants to get something from their parents. Don’t get tired of asking.
+ BELIEVE: trust in the power of Jesus. He continues to pronounce over each one of us “you are healed”. We just have to believe it like the official in the gospel believed it.
+ GETTING ON THE ROAD: to believe in Jesus as Saviour is to step out and leave that which we deceitfully believe saves us, when in reality it enslaves us.
TO GET ON THE ROAD is to not stop on our journey of faith.
TO SET OUT ON THE WAY is to walk from bastion to bastion until we reach our goal.
Examine today the conjugation of these verbs in your life:
– How insistent are you in your prayer of petition?
– How do you believe?
– How are you continually walking and advancing in your life of faith?
Good day.
Antonio Sanjuán Marín, cmf
