+ Today's gospel passage relates how Jesus came to multiply blessings in our lives, to ensure that our daily needs are met, and to free us from as many of our handicaps that he feels is necessary for our specific journey through life.
The great underlying principle here is that God is God and he can do whatever he wants to encourage and sustain friendship with his people! And so he chose to break into human history and send his Son to redeem the world from its tragic decision to go it alone without him. Many people would appreciate this help and accept it; but, amazingly enough, many would not care in the slightest that the help was offered – believing themselves to be exempt from the need of such redemption. These unfortunately – as Jesus forewarned – would be lost eternally in the end.
For us today, we need to decide where we want to be: with those accepting God's gift of salvation (the ones cured and fed by God's grace), or those who ignore it and think it a nice crutch for the morally weak and crippled – but certainly not for them! Do we want to sit on the mountain with Jesus and sit down to the great feast prepared; or do we want to eat at McDonald's - forever?
Behold, the Lord comes to save his people; blessed are those prepared to meet him.
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