HIS CHOICE

Thursday in the 4th Week of Lent
John 5: 31-47

Jesus is very familiar with God. Is it His fault? No, it is not His fault; God is His Father.

Jesus is very vocal about the Father. Is it His fault? No, it is not His fault; He is the Eternal Word of the Father.

Jesus is very close to the Father. Is it His fault? No, it is not His fault; He is the Way to the Father.

Jesus is familiar with God because He is His Son. He is vocal about the Father because He is the Eternal Word of the Father. He is close to the Father because He leads us to the Father.

Jesus died on account of His relationship with the Father, a relationship that His persecutors failed to recognize and accept. We are also children of the Father of Jesus. Are we also willing to die on account of our relationship with Him? All of us are children of the Father of Jesus. Do we recognize and accept one another as such?

If we are willing to die on account of our relationship with God our Father, then we are like Jesus. If we do not recognize and accept one another as children of God our Father, then we are like those who nailed Jesus to the cross. Either we are ready to give our lives for the Father or we are willing to crucify Jesus again in the person of our brethren. There is no halfway; there is no compromise. What is your choice?

The choice of Jesus: not only to offer His life to the Father, but to offer His life for the Father. May His choice be also ours at all times.