The Gospel is a living word which is called to wake us up not put us to sleep! We live in such a literate age that often reading can become solely a way of receiving information or opinions. The words become shifted and reshaped until they suit us rather than what the author intended. However, the living Word of Jesus is called to strike our hearts, wake us up and set us on fire with God’s dream for us rather than our dream for God. This can often be deeply disturbing because it stirs up old certainties on which we have relied to give us meaning. God does not want to limit our vision but expands it beyond ourselves. If our God is there solely to make us comfortable, peaceful and relaxed we will cocoon ourselves in our own private world. Yet God calls us persistently and insistently into a relationship which is great than our own needs to discover a deeper longing which cannot be bought and sold.
In our own world, we can often rely on things that substitute for this living relationship with God. We can start to manufacture our own idols which we worship but leave us feeling empty and alone. God does not want us to experience this destitution or poverty of heart but to discover what truly brings life to our world. We have never been abandoned by God but he does want us to wake up from our own dreams and to live his dream for us.
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