Leap of Faith
March 13, 2008
Gospel: John 8:51-59
Surrendering in faith…
One week from today will be the last day of Lent 2008. All these days we were preparing ourselves to celebrate the great mysteries of our salvation. All these days we were listening to our God in a special way, in a personal way, trying to understand where we stand, who we are and what we have to be. Did we do a good job in listening to God?
In the book of Genesis we have Abraham listening to God. We are told “Abram prostrated himself, God continued to speak to him.” —Genesis 17:3. Before listening to God, Abraham surrenders himself completely to his God. He did not keep anything away from God. Asking God to enter into all the areas of his life and then help him to understand where he stands, who he is and what he has to be. When Abram surrenders himself completely before God he makes Abram ‘Abraham’, the father of faith.
In our reflections the past days, did we devote ourselves to completely surrendering our lives and our selves for God’s transforming power? If so, today’s gospel is telling each of us something very personal. ‘Before Abraham was I am’. What does it mean? It means we are Christians for a reason. The reason is that we believe in a God who created all that we are, providing us all that we need, and protecting us all the time. He is the beginning of everything. If we listen to him and make his word our way of life we can also claim for our own all that Abraham enjoyed after accepting the word of God and surrendering himself completely before God. May God bless us.
(photo in front page from a church)
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