“SO BY THEIR FRUITS YOU WILL KNOW THEM.” MT 7:15-20
Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
Obedience is defined as submission to another person’s authority. Jesus has taught us how to be His disciple (follower) and be a saint in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapters 5,6, and now finishing up in 7. It is the greatest description of Christian morality by God. Now that we have listened or heard the Word and understand it, we must obey. Obedience is the first step to holiness. We can talk the talk but now Jesus wants us to walk the walk. This is the most difficult, we are called to follow through and live as a Christian disciple.
First, we are called to respond to the love of the Father through the Son and fall in love with Jesus. We exist and have purpose solely because God willed it. We are blessed with everything in our life because God willed it. We are sustained because of the Father’s love for us. Joyful obedience is the only response to this love of God for us. Then, “following the laws will be joyful instead of feeling like we are living in a straitjacket and God is trying to take away our fun” says Peter Kreeft.
We were made to bear good fruit, the world needs saints right now. We were saved by the unwavering obedience of Jesus to the Father, “Then he said to them, ‘My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.’ And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, ‘My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will”‘ (Mt 26:36-39).
Today’s challenge: Practice obedience. This is not just for young people but adults, too! Obedience is the first step to holiness. Freedom is not doing whatever you want, it’s doing what is right!
Be a servant, be a saint today!
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