Will You Condemn Your People?
(Exodus 32:7-14)
The Lord said to Moses, "Go down; for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves; they have turned aside quickly out of the way which i commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshipped it and sacrificed to it, and said,'These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!" And the Lord said to Moses:
" I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people; now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them; but of you I will make a great nation."*
But Moses pleaded the Lord his God, and Yahweh rescinded his decision. This touched God deeply when he said:
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you did swear by your own self, and did say to them,
With this assurance:
'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised, I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it for ever.' And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people. What a great blessing!
We should always say:
O Lord, remember us with the favour you show to your people. (Ps. 106)
Bearing Testimony to the Father!
At that time: Jesus said to the Jews, "If i bear witness to myself, my testimony is not true; there is another who bears witness to me, and i know that the testimony which he bears to me is true.
We have been called to be a burning and shining lamp, God sent Jesus Christ to bear witness to him,that is why he sent him; through this, the Father who sent me has borne witness to me, Christ said. But the stubborness of Man did this:
His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen; and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe him who he has sent.
You search the Scriptures, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have eternal life. *I do not receive glory from men. But if you don't believe the writings of Moses, how will you believe me?"
(John 5:31-47)
The Focal Point
Moses is the most prominent figure in the race and religion of Israel. Indeed the Israelites pf old and the Jewish people of today believe that God gave them their religion, Judaism, through Moses. That made Moses the highest authority next to God. Whatever he said or wrote had the seal of God on it. But the people did not always follow Moses, for example when they made a molten calf to worship.
They also did not obey Moses when they refused to accept his testimony about Jesus. That did not trouble Jesus because he had a much higher testimony, that of his Father, borne out by the miracles that he performed. If we are doing God's work, and people fail or refuse to show us recognition, it should not disturb us. It is enough that we have recognition from God whose work we are doing.
Words to Ponder about
Think, rethink and Meditate over this words of Mother Teresa:
Words which do not give the light of Christ increase the darkness.