There are millions of people who love soccer and dream of becoming a soccer star one day, however only a very few end up becoming good soccer players, many of us love the game, we spend most of our life talking about it, analysing, criticising, but never actually making an effort to play the game. Sometimes it is our own laziness, lack of self-discipline, fear, ego and lack of commitment that can prevent us from actually walking the walk instead of talking the talk. Our spiritual life can also be the same.

A servant of God, Takashi Nagai writes in his book, “If you make the vital decision to live humbly and lovingly you will live fruitful lives and be happy.” All of us will have to render an account of our lives when we die. God will not be interested in who or what we were. Only in this: how did we live? That will be the sole matter for judgment. Let us remember that the Lord said: “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.”

Prayer: Abba Father, transform me to do your perfect will in this world, give me the strength to persevere till the end. Amen.