Luke 21:1-4
While Jesus was in the Temple, he
watched the rich people dropping their gifts in the collection box. 2 Then a
poor widow came by and dropped in two small coins. 3 “I tell you the truth,”
Jesus said, “this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them. 4 For
they have given a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has
given everything she has.”
Food for thought!
Under the powerful watch of Jesus!
As we begin our work week, providence has given us this gospel reading of a watching Jesus. The gospel reading says that “while in the Temple, HE watched.” In other words, Jesus watched those men and women as they carried out their Temple duty of donating. I am sure the people did not know that they were being watched by Jesus.
The idea of being watched by God is not really new. In Mark 6:46-48, after telling everyone good-bye, Jesus went up into the hills by himself to pray. Late that night, the disciples were in their boat in the middle of the lake, and Jesus was alone on land. HE SAW that they were in serious trouble, rowing hard and struggling against the wind and waves.
Another time, reported in Matthew 9:9, Jesus was walking along, HE SAW a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.
Yet another time, as Phillip and Nathanael approached Jesus, he said, “Now here is a genuine son of Israel-a man of complete integrity.” “How do you know about me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “I SAW YOU under the fig tree before Philip found you.” (Jn 2:47-48).
These and others instances, show that Jesus shows up at our places of work; that he sees us as we discharge our daily duties at the place of work. Matthew the evangelist and apostle was even called from his desk, at work!
When no one is watching you in your work place, work as if someone is; when no one is watching you as you drive your car around, drive as if someone is; when no one is watching you as you make your prayers, pray as if someone is watching you. That someone is Jesus, who promised to be with us ALWAYS. He asked us to remember this: "I am always with you until the end of time." (Matthew 28:20). He is always, not some of the times, not some of the places, but always watching us from a distance.
Do you remember that famous song by Bette Midler, “From a distance”?
God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us
From a distance.
Food for thought!
Under the powerful watch of Jesus!
As we begin our work week, providence has given us this gospel reading of a watching Jesus. The gospel reading says that “while in the Temple, HE watched.” In other words, Jesus watched those men and women as they carried out their Temple duty of donating. I am sure the people did not know that they were being watched by Jesus.
The idea of being watched by God is not really new. In Mark 6:46-48, after telling everyone good-bye, Jesus went up into the hills by himself to pray. Late that night, the disciples were in their boat in the middle of the lake, and Jesus was alone on land. HE SAW that they were in serious trouble, rowing hard and struggling against the wind and waves.
Another time, reported in Matthew 9:9, Jesus was walking along, HE SAW a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.
Yet another time, as Phillip and Nathanael approached Jesus, he said, “Now here is a genuine son of Israel-a man of complete integrity.” “How do you know about me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “I SAW YOU under the fig tree before Philip found you.” (Jn 2:47-48).
These and others instances, show that Jesus shows up at our places of work; that he sees us as we discharge our daily duties at the place of work. Matthew the evangelist and apostle was even called from his desk, at work!
When no one is watching you in your work place, work as if someone is; when no one is watching you as you drive your car around, drive as if someone is; when no one is watching you as you make your prayers, pray as if someone is watching you. That someone is Jesus, who promised to be with us ALWAYS. He asked us to remember this: "I am always with you until the end of time." (Matthew 28:20). He is always, not some of the times, not some of the places, but always watching us from a distance.
Do you remember that famous song by Bette Midler, “From a distance”?
God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us
From a distance.
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