Thought of the Day October 8, 2019 God's will or ours?
Having sought and
fulfill the Father’s will in the area of righteousness and justice, Jesus tells
us to imitate his zeal for righteousness: “Seek first the kingdom of God and
his righteousness.” (Mt 6:33) What is this righteousness in Jesus’ view? It is
connected to the will of God for us individually, by which we live faithfully
in relationship to him and to others.
Recall
the words of Jesus: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will
enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. Many will
say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not
prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do
mighty deeds in your name?’ Then I will declare to
them solemnly, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’ (Mt 7:21-23)
The people he was
addressing were disciples who had done good things but not for godly reasons.
They were doing their thing in the guise of pleasing God, but in reality these
were not the things God wanted them to do at the moment. The passion, the
hunger, the thirst of their lives was not righteousness but maybe
self-satisfaction or pride or ambition or recognition. They were not looking to
the righteousness of God but something else.
Do we seek the righteousness of God--his will--or do we seek our will, hoping God approves?
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