John 8:31-42
Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, "If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, 'You will become free'?" Jesus answered them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. A slave does not remain in a household forever, but a son always remains. So if the Son frees you, then you will truly be free. I know that you are descendants of Abraham. But you are trying to kill me, because my word has no room among you. I tell you what I have seen in the Father's presence; then do what you have heard from the Father."
They answered and said to him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works of Abraham. But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God; Abraham did not do this. You are doing the works of your father!" So they said to him, "We were not born of fornication. We have one Father, God." Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am here; I did not come on my own, but he sent me."
Dawg's thought:
Today's prayer intention is for the protection of the unborn.
"My Word has no room among you."
Hearing this exchange between Jesus and the Jews, the resounding thought is that there really is no room for Jesus. In our own lives, how do we push Our Lord away? We do so by making "no room" for Him in our own lives. We do not purposely try to force Jesus out of our lives, but it happens more often than we want to admit because of how busy our lives our. Our lives are so busy, there really is no room, and you hear in today's reading what happens when there is no room for Our Lord: we reject Our Lord.
When God created the world, there was order. When Jesus began His ministry, He did it in order. There is something that can be said about placing order in our own lives so that make room for Our Lord, and allow Him to put everything else in its place. Today, pray about how you can make room for Our Lord in establishing order in your own prayer life. Take care and God Bless.
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