[ Today's Readings ]
But we know where he is from.
When the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from.
We have a tendency to limit Jesus based on our past experiences. But there is more to Jesus and more to his plans for us than we have yet experienced.
Yet I did not come on my own,
but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true.
I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.
There is more about the Father that Jesus wants to reveal to us. No matter how long we've been walking with him, no matter how deep our prayer life, how profound our contemplation there is always more. We see as in a mirror darkly but we will one day see face to face. Right now we are already sons and daughters of the Father but we don't even know what we will become as we are transformed more and more into the likeness of our Father. This is the intention of Jesus for us, but we can limit it and slow it down if we let our past experience determine our future expectation rather than our hope in God.
When God begins to move in new ways in our lives there is often the temptation on our parts to rebel. This is so even if we had achieved relative stability before. But change is always uncomfortable.
He judges us debased;
he holds aloof from our paths as from things impure.
He calls blest the destiny of the just
and boasts that God is his Father.
Rather than rebelling let us welcome and learn the hidden counsels of God, let us hope in and count on a recompense of holiness, let discern the innocent souls' reward. Let that be the hope which determines our expectations for the future.
If the LORD is bringing us to a new level and we are struggling let us cry out to him. He will be quick to help us.
When the just cry out, the LORD hears them,
and from all their distress he rescues them.
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