"it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me"

Today the day began with Gods message,

" If Joshua gave the Israelites rest, God wouldn’t have spoken about another day later on.

Therefore, it’s left open for some to enter it, and the ones who had the good news preached to them before didn’t enter because of disobedience.  Just as it says in the passage above, God designates a certain day as “today,” when he says through David much later,

Today, if you hear his voice,
        don’t have stubborn hearts".- Hebrews 4:8, 6-7

The verses and the messages that shook the mind most was ,

1.  the ones who had the good news preached to them before didn’t enter because of disobedience and 

2. God designates a certain day as “today,” hence 'Today,if you hear his voice, dont have stubborn hearts'.

Are we in disobedience? Have we entered the 'rest' in God? Did we hear Gods voice today? Is our heart hard and stubborn?

God speaks to us every minute. But our hearts are hardened. It has become stubborn because of our selfish likes and desires. Our passion for our comforts has made us shrink in our heart. This is true when we think scientifically and spiritually. We are failing to recognize His voice. God again pleads to us not to harden our hearts. Atleast if we hear Him today, let us pray oh God help us to find your voice among the worldly rushes.

He wants us to enter 'rest' in Him. This is brings us to the real dimension of submission. God wants us to take rest in Him. He knows that the human nature is weak, the more the human try to achieve and conquer, the more he gets shaken off by the world. Humans have a limit till he can run, till he can squeeze himself for the selfish motives of pride and superiority, after which this humans will be spit out.

"You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men"- Mathew 5:13

God wishes that, let the human rest in Him with all our weaknesses and let God act for him or her, such that humans are a plate that carry God to serve His love for all. When we extend Gods wish to all the areas of our life....we see a marvel. When we go for work, it is not that we go but God. When we see others, we never see them but God. When we do something for others, it is not that we do, but God. We are reflecting God where ever we go. This is what He asks us to enter 'rest' in Him. When we do this we find ourselves in the state that Paul said,

'I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me." Galatians 2:20

We are the echo of the Lord. So we must need His voice in us always then only we can echo. Our heart and mind should be empty and pure to fill in completely with His voice. Then only we can reverberate perfectly.

 Even if we preach or advice Gods message we sometimes find ourselves unfruitful, God says, We must hear His voice first and walk in His ways shown by God to us, then only our fellow can hear us.  We must hear and follow His ways on the first hand and then lead our brothers and sisters towards this love, then only they can hear us.

Hence in this month of Rosary let us pray to Mother Mary,

Oh our dear Mother of God,  help us to rest ourselves in God as You did and find joy in it. Intercede for us to guide us along the path of true love of God and hear His voice, let His words break the hard heart of ours, and be the echo of God, reflecting Him everywhere. 

In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit Amen.

Readings

Psalms 119

Mathew 11:27-30