Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary
Time - Mark 10:28-31
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 so great that this individual will receive a
hundred times more than he or she gave up.
That could be quite a reward depending on what you have given up.
Again Jesus reminds his disciples that he desires their all. He doesn’t want lukewarm or casual disciples. Jesus longs for wholehearted love and deep
commitment from his followers. If we are
deeply committed to Jesus, and if we give our all for Him, we will receive a
hundred times more than we have given. What a wondrous promise!
It is not always easy to give our all to Jesus. There are so
many distractions and attractions in today’s world. We can easily wander off from Jesus, but we
also long to belong wholeheartedly to Jesus.
What will we choose? No one can
choose for us. Only we can make this
decision. It is a decision that we make
each and every day. Today what will we
decide? Will we follow Jesus today even
if the cost seems too great? I pray we
will!
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