Shedding a Little Light

“Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will. I announced your justice in the vast assembly; I did not restrain my lips, as you, O LORD, know.” Psalm 40: 8-10

Here we are in ordinary time once again, but ordinary time is anything but ordinary! This is the time we need to dig in and get to work. We cannot remain on holiday when God has asked us to carry on His mission to the world. The psalmist tells us how to respond to God’s call, but how many of us wake up each morning and say to the Lord, “Here I am! I am here to do your will!”? More than likely we have our own list of things to do and we jump out of bed and plunge ahead into our day without so much as a “Good Morning” or a “Thank you” to God.

If we do wake up ready to serve the Lord, are we willing to do what God wants in the way God wants it done? Perhaps we offer God caveats like, “I’ll be happy to do that later but not now” or “I’ll do it but not that way.” We are a stubborn people and surrendering to God’s will is not easy, but it is the path we must take. We must practice our faith every day and not be fearful of speaking out about our faith. We must share our faith and our love with everyone every single day. It means placing ourselves before the Lord every single day telling God that we are ready to do God’s will in the way that God chooses.

So, I challenge you to wake up each day and say, “Here I am Lord. I am ready to do your will.” Then listen and go and…

Keep Living in the Light

Bernie