Scripture: Luke 9:51-56
Journal: Who, or what, determines how you will spend your days? Who, or what, typically sets your face? Who has God called you to be? What is God setting your face toward these
days?
Reflection:
Doing and being can be really confusing. As a matter of fact, we often get the two
backwards. We often start with doing
rather than being, which leaves us constantly feeling like our lives are living
us, rather than us living our lives.
When we live this way we are at the mercy of our circumstances,
constantly living in reaction to whatever may arise. It is a ready, fire, aim mentality.
Jesus, however, shows us a
whole different way of living. He shows
us that, in the life of faith, being must always come before doing. What we do must always flow out of a deep
recognition of who God has called us to be.
Jesus knew his mission. He knew
who he was and what he was about, and that determined his steps each day. Thus, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. It was a purposeful, intentional choice. He was not the victim of circumstances. His mission determined his direction, not
vice versa. And he invites us to live
the same way.
Prayer
Closing
Prayer: Lord Jesus, help my doing to always
flow out of a continual sense of being with you. Amen.
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