Tuesday March 27, 2007
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
March 27, 2007
“But the one who sent me is true.”
John 8:26
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In the end, it is all about whom we point to. We look for the answer to our mortality and want to be able to point to the one who will save us. We know we are weak and short-lived and totally unable to save ourselves. And until we come into the confidence of that which will save us, we do not have true peace while we hear the clock clicking and counting down our time on earth. Where is our security of the lasting?
There is a positive TV show that goes through the story how homes are built and given to people who would otherwise never have the financial means to have a home. It is moving when that family, who is in great need, first walks into their new home and is handed the keys. Their very felt need is matched by the incredible generosity of those who provided for them and you can see how touched they are. Part of this dynamic is moving from the insecurity of a family who has no place to live to the security of a home.
Let us ponder this security. No doubt, there is security in having a home. The generous love of those who provide the homes and security is real and should be lauded by us all. But I am always left wanting at the end of these stories because the security, while meeting a real need, is only very temporary. I want to know where the lasting security is in it all. The home, or any possession for that matter, is not going to save us so where is the answer to our need for lasting security?
Jesus tells us that the one who sent him (The Father) is true. What does it mean that the Father is true and what Jesus is giving us is the truth? What is true to truth is what is real or lasting. It is not like the temporary security of a physical home, which will not stand forever. What is true is unchanging and will last for all time. And the unchanging truth the Father sent Jesus to bring is forgiveness and eternal life. This, my brothers and sisters, is our everlasting security.
Our true home is not the home we live in. Our true home is with Jesus. I was flying back from the Midwest recently and I remember what I shared with all the people I spoke to there. I said that if my plane goes down I am just fine because my lasting security is being at home with Jesus that gives me true peace. Whether I am in the Midwest, 33,000 feet in the air, Japan or back at home, I always am at home in the truth of Jesus who is eternal life.
Why do we put our security in insecure things? In the end, our homes, money, possessions, and retirement accounts cannot provide the true peace of lasting security. Have you ever seen a u-haul following the hertz to the graveyard? No, we can’t take any of it with us.
We look for the lasting in that which does not last and we are in want of peace. Let us come home to Jesus, find peace and have everlasting security- now.
Live the confronted life!
+Fr. John
There is a positive TV show that goes through the story how homes are built and given to people who would otherwise never have the financial means to have a home. It is moving when that family, who is in great need, first walks into their new home and is handed the keys. Their very felt need is matched by the incredible generosity of those who provided for them and you can see how touched they are. Part of this dynamic is moving from the insecurity of a family who has no place to live to the security of a home.
Let us ponder this security. No doubt, there is security in having a home. The generous love of those who provide the homes and security is real and should be lauded by us all. But I am always left wanting at the end of these stories because the security, while meeting a real need, is only very temporary. I want to know where the lasting security is in it all. The home, or any possession for that matter, is not going to save us so where is the answer to our need for lasting security?
Jesus tells us that the one who sent him (The Father) is true. What does it mean that the Father is true and what Jesus is giving us is the truth? What is true to truth is what is real or lasting. It is not like the temporary security of a physical home, which will not stand forever. What is true is unchanging and will last for all time. And the unchanging truth the Father sent Jesus to bring is forgiveness and eternal life. This, my brothers and sisters, is our everlasting security.
Our true home is not the home we live in. Our true home is with Jesus. I was flying back from the Midwest recently and I remember what I shared with all the people I spoke to there. I said that if my plane goes down I am just fine because my lasting security is being at home with Jesus that gives me true peace. Whether I am in the Midwest, 33,000 feet in the air, Japan or back at home, I always am at home in the truth of Jesus who is eternal life.
Why do we put our security in insecure things? In the end, our homes, money, possessions, and retirement accounts cannot provide the true peace of lasting security. Have you ever seen a u-haul following the hertz to the graveyard? No, we can’t take any of it with us.
We look for the lasting in that which does not last and we are in want of peace. Let us come home to Jesus, find peace and have everlasting security- now.
Live the confronted life!
+Fr. John
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