Team Jesus

“Lord, will only a few people be saved?” This question struck me the most as I was reading the gospel. After I read the whole of it, I felt disturbed and so I read it a second time. At first, I felt scared in the sense that maybe very few people only can enter the kingdom of God. But in the end, I was really enlightened and dedicated to serve Him more. We are living our lives to be happy. We have our families, our friends, the youth ministry and all other things that make us happy. We tend to enjoy ourselves too much thinking that we need to remember the saying “You Only Live Once” and disregard what other people say and think about our actions. These situations also lead us to forgetting that we have a mission to fulfill here on earth and that is to follow the will of the Lord. We take into account the things that the Lord keeps on telling us again and again but we are too blinded by the fact that enjoying life means being happy with the material possession that the world offers us.

In the Gospel, Jesus said: "I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth?  No, I tell you, but rather division."  Upon reading it, were you confused? Yes, me too. I thought to myself, why would Jesus want to set the world on fire? Why would He want division rather than peace? If you take it literally, you'd find yourself asking the same question. But Jesus wants us to think deeper and find its true meaning.  If you think about it, fire was a very strong symbol during the biblical times. It has represented such powerful and important events, such as the burning bush which was not consumed when God spoke to Moses. It was "associated with God and with his actions in the world and in the lives of his people."  I have had some "fire" moments in my life. Since sometimes, I go home late, I no longer have the luxury of finding a taxi or or a jeepney.

“Gird your loins” , this statement  means to prepare and strengthen  oneself  for what it is to come.   Jesus, in the gospel, tells H is disciples to be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding so that when their master returns, they will be ready to open the door immediately when he comes and knocks. The way I understand this, and I’m assuming and hoping that we have the same understanding of the gospel ,  Jesus wants us to be ready for His return. He wants us to be like  the  servants who await their masters. He wants us to prepare for His coming. He wants us to be vigilant and ready. How many times have we heard these things from a priest during their homilies?  A lot, right?  But have we really taken this seriously? Are we really doing our best to get ourselves ready for His return? For me, honestly, I don’t think I’m  fully  ready for Jesus to return in this world soon because I am far from being worthy for Him to accept me in His Kingdom and sometimes,