MONDAY 4 JANUARY 2021
John 1, 35-42:
“When Jesus saw that they were following him, he asked them, ‘What are you looking for? They answered him, “Rabbi (which means Master), where do you live? He said to them, “Come and see”? Andrew found his brother Simon first and said to him: “We have found the Messiah (which means Christ) and he brought him to Jesus”.
Today we are going to focus on a question and an action that appear in this gospel:
+ The question: “WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?”
+ The action: “AND HE BROUGHT THEM TO JESUS”.
John’s disciples were looking for something in Jesus. They had seen something in that man that had been pointed out to them by their teacher John.
Those fishermen sensed that their search, from now on, was not going to be reduced to looking for a good catch. They sensed that the horizon of their lives was going to widen. They looked to Jesus for more than just help in netting a good catch.
Now ask yourself:
+ What am I looking for in my life?
+ What do I fight for?
+ Why do I struggle?
+ Why do I suffer?
+ Why do I make an effort?
+ Why do I…?
* Do you genuienly seek Jesus?
* Do you really want to know where He lives?
Andrew had an experience of life with Jesus that day. His life was filled with joy and he had to share it.
And not only did he communicate his experience to his brother Peter, but it also led him to Jesus.
Ask yourself also how you bring others to Jesus: from what you have learned or from what you have lived with Him?
Don’t forget: you are a missionary who has to bring others to Jesus.
Do it from your experience of life with Him.
* Who are you going to bring to Jesus today or during these days?
Good day.
Antonio Sanjuan Marin, cmf
