2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Moments ago, you either sang or heard others sing, “Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard you calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart.”
Did you resonate with the message of this song? Did you imagine that God is calling you? And if you did, would you reply in the same way that Samuel did? “Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.”
Don’t dismiss the notion that God is calling you. God calls every person ever created but many don’t listen. Are you willing to listen to what God has to say to you? By your presence here, I assume that like Samuel, you have responded, “Here I am, Lord. I come to do your will.” After all, we make that pledge every time we say the Lord’s Prayer and say, “they kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” That is not just a plea; it’s a promise as well.
The sad truth is that for many Christians, these are empty promises. If they were carried out by every follower of Christ, then Paul would have had no need to speak as he did to the Christian community at Corinth. As we heard, he told them that the body isn’t for immorality but for the Lord, which makes sense for we were created in the image of God.
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