Thought of the Day October 1, 2019 Righteousness and the will of God
Jesus had a clear vision of the Father’s
mission which he proclaimed at the beginning of his public ministry. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and
recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.” (Luke
4:18-19) He was so consumed with being faithful to the will of the Father that
he said: “My food is to do the
will of the one who sent me and to finish his work.” (John 4:34)
Jesus’ prophetic actions many times revealed
this hunger and thirst in him for right relationship to the Father. When he cleansed the Temple of those who were
buying, selling and profiting in the name of religious worship, the disciples
later realized the depth of his zeal when they recalled the words of the
psalmist: “Zeal
for your house will consume me.” (Lk 2:17)
Hungering and thirsting for
righteousness, following the pattern of Jesus begins in doing the will of God
no matter the cost, out of love. Jesus knew the will of the Father for him. For
Jesus this was a present moment experience that came clearer through his hours
in prayer with the Father. He knew that he was called and destined to be the
Savior of the world to save us from our sins, but how he was to live this in the
present was revealed to him in the prayer of the moment.
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