Thoughts for another day

October 9, 2008.

Today's verse: Lk. 10:42. But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

I hear a lot about theology these days. To become a Pastor or a priest or a man/woman of God by laying on of human hands, you need to study. To go to college, spend a no. of years in a seminary and then be ordained! In the process, many men and women learn the ‘how’, ‘when’, ‘why’ etc. of God, rather than His Love and Mercy. Therefore, you get man-made, 100% sensible and absolutely endearing strategies from the pulpit, telling you what you must do to obtain God’s favor, so that your endeavor will be blessed. A favorite cliché has emerged wherefrom which is ‘God helps those who help themselves! And that my friend is the end of miracles in your life. Take it or leave it, God chooses to be ‘un-understood’, even by His greatest saints. God decides to answer, when you least expect it and God denies, in the darkest hour of need. O the mind of God, so difficult to comprehend. Ask Peter if you can: Peter, after you denied Him, did you ever think, He would bestow such great honor on you?

Be that as it may, the one thing that God loves is our fellowshipping with Him. In that moment of fellowship, it is as if, He is willing to give you the stars, if you but ask. On rare occasions of fellowship, people who have had this privilege where frankly, they’ve not dared to ask but what they did, He gave.

In the dictionary of God, the greatest word is ‘communion’: With HIM. The Bible says that we exist to praise Him (Ep. 1:12). God has loved us with an everlasting love and with loving kindness, He has drawn us (Jer. 31:3). Therefore, Christ advocates the greatest commandment as, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind.’ (Mt. 22:37). He loves when we fellowship with Him and we see how in today’s verse Jesus demonstrates that telling Mary that all the works and worries of life are there and one has to think about them, but the greatest of all is ‘Sit at the feet of the Lord and commune with Him.’