“What do you want?”
That is a question we could dwell on our
entire lives. It is also the first
question Jesus asks in the Gospel of John.
Jesus wants us to think about our desires. What’s driving us? What’s in our hearts? Personally, I have found that I can be driven
by some incredibly petty things. I want
a new phone. I want to avoid waiting in
lines. I want my two year old child to
find his shoes and get out the door… We all have desires, but Jesus wants us to
think about our priorities. When we look
at our lives, should we be searching for something greater?
In today’s scripture passage, Jesus essentially
asks some of the religious and political leaders of the time what was driving
them. These individuals had traded
valuable gifts of leadership for mundane concerns. Today I hope you can believe your life has
value. God believes you are capable of
great things. Do you believe this? What would it mean to desire righteousness and
justice instead of the latest gossip? I
hope we can believe God, and I hope we can live for something that really
matters.
Blessings!
PB
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