Be focused on the presence of Jesus

 

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Jesus will come to each of us unexpectedly. He is not a thief, but like a thief he comes without notice. We should be ready. However the truth is that he has already come and is with us. To get to know him in a personal way we need to focus on his presence.

Tuesday 20 October 2020

Be  focused on the presence of Jesus now

 

Gospel

Luke 12:36-38

Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit

Jesus said to his disciples:

‘See that you are dressed for action and have your lamps lit. Be like men waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, ready to open the door as soon as he comes and knocks. Happy those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. I tell you solemnly, he will put on an apron, sit them down at table and wait on them. It may be in the second watch he comes, or in the third, but happy those servants if he finds them ready.’

 

Is Jesus going to come or has he come already but we haven’t noticed him?

He has never left us. He is with us in so many ways. We think he is absent and so will come, because we do not have eyes to see him. Jesus isn’t real for us like other people are real.

For believers, the key to life is to make Jesus real and to become his friend. We can become an intimate friend, even a beloved spouse living in the peace and security of love.  We can have the experience of his loving care even now. If he is our bridegroom and we his bride, then he will show his love for us now and we will experience it.

How are we to make Jesus real? First we must believe his Word that he is present and that he will never leave us. We may have no feeling of his presence. That doesn’t really matter, though it is consoling if we have it. What really matters is that we know that he is present. We need then to continuously focus on the reality of his presence. ‘Lord, I believe that you are here, even though I cannot see or have any emotional experience of your presence’. Whether I see or feel his presence is not important. That he sees me is important and he will work miracles in my life according to my determination to believe.

Following the Holy Spirit’s inspiration keeping focused is the way to make Jesus real. He will do the rest.