Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Hebrews, Chapter 11, Verse 27
By faith he (Moses) left Egypt, not fearing the king’s fury, for he
persevered as if seeing the one who is invisible.
Moses was a warrior who
was led by faith to serve the one who is invisible. Although as the adopted son
of pharaoh he could have had the power of Egypt yet he chose to follow Him who
is. Moses was a righteous man. A righteous man is one who leads a life that is
pleasing to God.
I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff
comfort me. (Ps. 23:4)
Faith helps a warrior to focus himself
and conserve the warrior energy for where it is most effective. Ponder the fact
that Christ at any moment could have chosen to fight and the results would have
been the defeat of the Romans and the loss of man.
Resting
with your Cross[1]
William Johnson a Jesuit
writer suggests that we must stay with our painful experiences and summit
ourselves to the “Prayer of the Suffering.” He suggests one must simply sit and
accept one’s cross, accept it totally, unreservedly whether it is physical,
emotional, mental or spiritual. It is the prayer of silent acceptance. The pain
is not a distraction but the substance of our prayer. One unites one’s
suffering with that of Jesus on the cross: for the salvation of the world or
for particular people. The cross may arise from the ache of loneliness, the
torment of betrayal, failure, fear of
dying or the loss of one’s good name. Whatever the cause; Sit with it, don’t
run away; don’t try to escape. Don’t fight. Sit with your cross.
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