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| God will sanctify us and glorify us, Now Listen to Him whom he has glorified. |
In our daily life, we are moving through a process of choices. Every choice takes us towards life or away from life. Strength to make these worthy choices is the constant awareness of the covenant. The covenant of the Old Testament was, "I will be your God and you will be my people." One who was faithful to the covenant was righteous and worthy of being 'God's people'.
New Covenant was written not by human hands but by the Holy Spirit; was written not on stone tablets but on human hearts. the covenant was established not by human sacrifice, but by the sacrifice of the Son of God. One who believes in this covenant and lives it through the help of the Holy Spirit is worthy of being ' God's children'. Path of the Holy Spirit will teach us the great value of simple choices in fulfilling this covenant. each one is a step in the journey from decay and corruptibility to glory. It is not an incomprehensible mystery but is concerning our transformation into the image of Jesus. In Jesus we see the heart of God but the glory was hidden. The glory of His divinity was natural but he emptied himself of it and lived as one like us. His relationship with the Father was what he radiated in every value he lived. Being true to the covenant that trains us in the freedom of the Children of God, also means to be true to the values of Jesus. At heart it is a freedom to offer one's life as Jesus did. He humbled himself.... learned obedience through suffering. In every choice he lived it because he was, in his relationship to the father, fulfilling the will of the Father. We can understand it and begin to live it only if we watch and integrate the passion of Jesus into our life. What he has won, he will win for us too.
Beginning from the reality of our today, through the realisation of our true image - God's beloved children - we grow. The path is the Words of Christ. The voice from the cloud said: "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased", This is my beloved Son, Listen to Him". In an ordinary household background his mother too gave a word' "Listen to him."
God will sanctify us and glorify us, Now Listen to Him whom he has glorified.
