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January 17, 2021
What are you looking for?
This is a question that Jesus asked Andrew and the other disciple. It is also a question that Jesus asks us today. He is asking us to look deep into our hearts and become aware of what we really want for our lives.
Many people are looking for an ideal, a vision that gives meaning to their lives.
They search, but what do they find? A world where material success has become the most important thing in life. Many would like to break through the competition, rivalry, greed and corruption that they see and hear everywhere. They are often shocked by the way our government leaders function, by the way our earth is treated and by the continued armed conflicts and family dysfunctions. Some slip into a world of drugs, etc. searching for an experience that takes them away for a few moments.
People, in general, are waiting to meet men and women who are actually living what they are saying. They are looking for authentic models and witnesses who will lead them from a road of sadness, lies, despair and death to a path of truth, hope and life where they can live a true experience of God.
Our deepest desires hold great power. If we can name them and channel those desires toward God, then our lives will be transformed. We will begin a journey toward God, enter into the mystery and peace of God and become servants and friends of God, even during those times in our life that are very challenging.
Covid-19 has placed many hardships on us and we are forced to take a deeper look into what we believe when we say that Jesus is Lord of the living and the dead. We try to keep some sense of a normal life but it isn’t easy. We find ourselves searching for a new understanding of this Jesus who can make huge demands on our lives. It takes great courage to say, “Lord, where are you staying?” If we can truthfully say that we are looking for Jesus, that we want to be with Him, that we want to follow Him, we can trust that He will invite us to join Him on His journey and lead us to where He lives, for He will say to us, “Come and see.”
Deacon Jerry