Monday, August 2, 2021
Bible Reflections I 03.08.2021 - Tuesday I Indraya Manna
Readings
I - Num. 12: 1-13
II - Mt. 14: 22-36
FIX FOCUS ON GOD
Today’s Gospel passage is about Jesus walking on water and bidding Peter to do the same when he asked for it. To the surprise and amazement of the disciples, Peter did walk on the water. But gripped in fright with the force of wind, as Peter began to sink in water, he cried out to the Lord for help, “Lord! Save me!”. Jesus put out his hand, held him and asked him just one question, “Why did you doubt?”. Peter despite witnessing multiple deeds of marvelous miracles and stunning healings, was weighed down with trembling fear all because he fixed his focus upon the wind and not on Jesus.
Don’t we too often reflect Peter in our lives? We should have been witnessing umpteen number of amazing works of God in our lives, still, when we are overwhelmed with worries, troubled with turmoil, engulfed in fear and surged in sorrows, where do we fix our focus? Don’t we tend to fix our focus either on ourselves or on the problems? Let us learn to fix our gaze at Jesus like Peter saying, “Lord! Save me!” so that we might be conquerors in all things through Christ Jesus our Lord (Rom. 8:37). May our mind resonate with this prayer as we keep repeating: “Lord Jesus, help me to fix my focus on you”.
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