I wonder how short is our life here on earth! Days are flying and time seems fleeting. How do we live this life at this point of realisation? What does the Bible expect from us about how we should live? The readings of the day help us to delve into the mystery of our life and find the expectations that God has from us.
The Gospel reveals the message of the imminent coming of the Son of God which is presented in a parable-form. It's a coming not for destruction but restoration. However, God expects that we should be vigilant and persevering. Why being vigilant and persevering are important? It's because these virtues prepare us and never let us down as the parable presents for the late coming of the master. Secondly, they help us to become responsible for the duty we are entrusted with.
Why do we need to be vigilant or persevering? The first reading mentions that we are the citizens of God's kingdom. St. Paul speaks to the people of Ephesus who were new converts and not Jews but gentiles or non-Jews. Non- Jews were seen by Jews as already damned or condemned because of their superstitious practices. However, Paul states that God, out of his love, chose them in Christ through the Church to become the citizens or people of God's kingdom. Since they belong to God so also we, there is a need to be vigilant and persevering.
Dear friends, we don't own heaven but we can have the privilege to enter heaven if we prove with our lives worthy for it. How can we make ourselves worthy for it? It's when we are vigilant and persevering. The word 'vigilance' means being alert and watchful but this also implies readiness to live our life becomingly in the sight of God till the end of our lives or being alert and watchful about actions we do that make us worthy in the sight of God. The word 'perseverance' implies readiness to carry on and not to give up. It means ready to sail through our difficult moments and happy moments of life without giving up hope in God.
Let's own these virtues for our lives so that we may have joy to enter God's kingdom prepared for us.
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