THY WILL BE DONE

Good morning friends. Unexpectedly I have to stand before you though I was not included in the first Rota. A new revised came out day before yesterday and I was told to be a preacher for this morning.

But friends don’t be discourage cause a spiritual persons like us not need much time for preparation as we are prepared from up above.

Let us here the word of God from Gospel According to Luke 1:38.. Then Mary Said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her.

And also from Romans 12:1&2: I appeal to you therefore brothers and sister, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God-what is good and acceptable and perfect. May God bless us all through the reading and hearing of his holy word.

For this morning reflection, many thoughts and questions came into me and I don’t even know which one to be shared. As we know we are pondering upon the theme “Thy will be done”, first question came into me is what is the will of God? And Secondly how will we know what is the will of God? The simplest way to know the will of God may be reading and meditating upon the Holy Scripture and also prayer. But, we may not know all and we may not be able to identify all the will of God only through scripture and prayer. But I’ll leave this part for you to give the best answer.

This morning I want to stress sacrifice as the channel to realize the will of God.

There may be many times when we find difficult to accept the will of God. Peter the disciple of Jesus also struggling with this problem as we see in Mark chapter 8.  Peter knew that it was God’s will for Jesus to suffer and died on the cross, but Peter did not want that kind of a Savior.  Peter wanted a Savior who would conquer the Romans and give the Apostles, positions of power and authority in this world.  Jesus then said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan!”.

Sometimes the will of God look very strange from the human point of view. Why the savior died at the hand of human whom they are going to be saved by him? Peter also considered from human view and he could not accept the will of God and he could not say YES to the plan of God. But God has his own way and that’s why Jesus scolded Peter also. Unlike human expectations Jesus had to suffer for the live of others. He had to sacrifice his body for our redemption. Even he was felt uncomfortable and asked God to remove that cup for him, but still then he said “yet. Not what I want, but, what you want”.

In economics we used to learn that “Human wants are unlimited”, but, in Christian religion we have to learn “not what we want, but what God’s want’. In order to meet what God wants us to do, we have to sacrifice ourselves. Sometimes we may think that the will of God is awkward, but if we sacrifice ourselves to God, his will is always more important than our own reputation. 

 If we go through the story of the birth of Jesus Christ, we found that Mary was told to bear a baby without having man. I used to think that how it would be difficult for Mary to Amen the will of God? As we all know she was engaged with Joseph. And if she bored a baby even without knowing the father, how much her neighbors and the villagers will murmuring upon her. I am sure that Mary will not say easily ‘let it be with me according to your word’. To say “Thy will be done” she had to sacrifice herself, her prestige, her reputation and she had to emptied herself for the Glory of God and for the birth of Jesus Christ.

Yes, If we want others to see Jesus on us, we should be always ready to say “Thy will be done” and not only saying but we should also sacrifice our body to God. We are called not to live as we want but to live as how God want us to live…May GOD bless this short sharing. AMEN