Mark 10:28-31 – Tuesday of the 8th Week in Ordinary time
Today Peter responds to Jesus’ statement to the young man in yesterday’s Gospel. Peter reminds Jesus: “We have given up everything to follow you.” Jesus tells Peter that anyone who gives up family, home, job or land for his sake will receive a reward, a reward so great that this individual will receive a hundred times more than s/he gave up! Now that could be quite a reward depending on what you have given up!
Again Jesus is reminding his disciples that he desires “their all.” He doesn’t want lukewarm or casual disciples. Rather Jesus longs for wholehearted love and deep commitment from his followers. If we are deeply committed to Jesus and truly “give our all,” we will receive a hundred times more than we have given. What a promise!
However, it is not always easy to “give our all” to Jesus. There are so many distractions as well as so many other attractions in today’s world. We can easily wander off from Jesus. And yet, we also long to belong wholeheartedly to Jesus. What will we choose? No one else can choose for us. Only we can make this decision. And it is a decision that we need to make each and every day. Today what will I decide? What will you decide? Will we follow Jesus today, even if the cost seems too great? I pray we will!
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