They assured Joshua, “The LORD
has given all this land into our power; indeed, all the inhabitants of the land
tremble with fear because of us.”
Secularist and pagans
still tremble with fear because of God. Why? People fear what they do not
understand or have to compete with. Every person is born with the spirit of God
within them; it is the spirit of truth which they have lost or suppressed.
Christ referred to this
when he told the parable of the sower. The seed is the spirit of truth (spirit
of God) that the sower sows. Christ tells us, “A sower went out to sow. and as he sowed, some seed
fell on the path, and birds came and ate it up. Some fell
on rocky ground, where it had little soil. It sprang up at once because the
soil was not deep, and when the sun rose it was scorched,
and it withered for lack of roots. Some seed fell among
thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it. But some
seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold. Whoever has ears ought to hear.” (Mt. 13:3-9)
What do you think would
have happened if the pagan inhabitants of Jericho instead responded to the
truth of God and opened their gates to Israel? I would think they would have
been spared like the city of Nineveh when it listened to the spirit of truth.
Jonah then left the city for a place to
the east of it, where he built himself a hut and waited under it in the shade, to
see what would happen to the city. And when the LORD God provided a gourd plant
that grew up over Jonah’s head, giving shade that relieved him of any
discomfort, Jonah was very happy over the plant. But the next morning at dawn God
sent a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered. And when the sun
arose, God sent a burning east wind; and the sun beat upon Jonah’s head till he
became faint. Then Jonah asked for death, saying, “I would be better off dead
than alive.” But God said to Jonah, “Have you reason to be angry over the
plant?” “I have reason to be angry,” Jonah answered, “angry enough to die.” Then
the LORD said, “You are concerned over the plant which cost you no labor and
which you did not raise; it came up in one night and in one night it perished. And
should I not be concerned over Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more
than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot distinguish their right
hand from their left, not to mention the many cattle?”(Jon 4:5-11)
Let us remember that we
are sowers of the Lord’s truth and not be angered with unbelievers but take on the spirit of
Christ at the crucifixion when he said, “Father, forgive them,
for they do not know what they are doing.” (Lk: 23:34)
Today lets us sow the seed of truth by praying a rosary.
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