Arulvakku

19.10.2021 — Our Job

29th Week in Ord. Time, Tuesday – 19th October 2021 — Gospel:    Lk 12,35-38

Our Job  

Jesus calls us to be active waiters. The key here is that we are to “open immediately” when Jesus comes and knocks on the door. This reveals the disposition that we are to have in our hearts and manifest in our action. We need to open and let Jesus in without any delay, as soon as ever he comes to the door; and at the first knock, open it to him at once. Therefore, the eager servant in waiting should be in a posture of readiness and in constant expectation. Spiritually, Jesus is knocking in our hearts. He is continually coming to us seeking to come in and recline so as to converse, strengthen, heal and help. Eschatologically, when Jesus Christ shall either come and knock at our doors by death, or shall come to judgment, and sound alarm of it, we should be ready to obey the summons with the greatest cheerfulness, and meet him with the utmost pleasure. The question to ponder honestly is whether or not we are doing our job of letting Jesus in immediately.  If we fail, we have nobody to blame but ourselves for not responding to the knock.