Monday of 4th
Week of Lent: reflection
Theme: HIS WORD RECREATES AND RESTORES US
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Readings:
Is 65:17-21; Jn 4:43-54
When we
accept the Word of God with absolute faith, it recreates us and frees us from
everything that is working against our life.
In today's
first reading, God spoke through the prophet Isaiah about creating a new heaven
and a new earth where the failures of the past will not be counted, where the
sound of weeping and distress will not be heard, and where premature death or
unfulfilled life will be no more.
Then, in
today’s gospel, John showed us Jesus fulfilling the prophecy of Isaiah through
the power of His Word and its acceptance with absolute faith. An official,
whose son was sick and dying, approached Jesus for help. Jesus did not follow
him home to heal his son by physical contact as the man requested and as Jesus
had often done. This time, Jesus spoke His word from a distance and the man’s sick
son was healed. Remarkable was the man’s absolute faith that Christ’s Words
were enough to heal his son; he was not disappointed by his faith, for his son
recovered at the very hour that those words left the mouth of Christ.
Dear friends, the word of God is powerful, alive and active; it is sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow (Heb 4:12). No aspect of our life is hidden from the power of God’s Word and no circumstance is beyond the recreating power of God’s Word. God speaks his Word to us every day when we pray to Him. Let us open ourselves to His powerful Word this Lent and accept it with absolute faith. It will recreate us, freeing us from all infirmities and restoring us to glory.
May your new week be fruitful and blessed. Amen
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