+ On this day of Lent we turn to the verse before the gospel passage for our thought for the day: seek good and not evil so that you may live, and the Lord will be with you. It is when we spend our energies seeking the good, the right and the true that our efforts are abundantly rewarded for God is ever waiting to provide for us newness in our life here, and one day a grand a glorious newness in a kingdom quite unimaginable right now. It will be a joy! There will be no sound of weeping or crying; a full and long life will be the rule; and the harvest of justice and goodness shall be extensive.
All it takes to access that kingdom is faith in the one who was sent to show us the way to get there: Jesus who came from there. But even with him in the very midst of people on earth, most still wanted a sign from him that his credentials were trustworthy and true. Sighing, Jesus often overlooks their weakness of faith and sometimes grants their requests for healings if there is even the smallest bit of real and pure faith, such as in the gospel passage today. Jesus easily cures the son of the man in the passage and the man and his whole family later came to full belief in him.
If we seek good, if we seek Jesus, if we come to him with faith already born and alive then we many expect good things in our lives from him: even healing and helps of all kind that we need simply to get through the day!
I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
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