Today’s gospel proclamation talks about what our Lord Jesus wants to reveal to us. But are we ready to listen? Sometimes we are so caught up in our own little worlds that we cannot seem to hear the voice of God in our lives. We only hear what we want to hear.

Often we go to God for favours or discernment. But we pray asking for our will to be his. If we truly try and listen we might often see that His voice says something contradictory to what we prayed for. Sometimes it may be totally unthinkable, that it may challenge the way we have lived our life or the truths that we have held on to. Sometimes what God wants from us may put us in the most difficult of situations. Just like the struggle of our Lord Jesus at Gethsemane. It is not easy to hear the voice of God and to follow it through, but nevertheless the Holy Spirit enables us to hear the truth and accept his will. By accepting His will in our lives we pave the way for redemption, for his glory to shine through. It may not be the easiest choice, it may bring out the most excruciating experience of our lives but yet it brings out the glory of God not in only our lives but in the lives of the people around us.

The first reading also shows how we often tend to keep God in our own little box, according to our own understanding. But St Paul reveals the love of God. A love and majesty we know nothing about. We hold on to our tiny little world with our own strength not willing to let go even for God. Not willing to accept the crucifixion. But if our Lord Jesus did not accept the will of the father in his life he could have walked away and held onto what he knew, his own understanding. And without the death of our Lord Jesus on the cross, there would be no resurrection.

Without a resurrection there is no salvation. Listening to the voice of God and accepting his will in our lives not only changes our lives but also the lives of our loved ones. So are ready to listen to His voice today

Prayer: Abba Father, here I am speak to me today. Amen