king of our life
“I
am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “the one who is and who
was and who is to come, the almighty.” – Revelation 1:8
During a college retreat, the speaker asked me, “What do you live for?”
“I live for God,” I answered, showing off.
“Why?” she asked. My brain froze. I stood dazed and gave an answer that, to this day, I don’t know where it came from.
“Miss,”
I said, “I live for God because it’s pointless to live for anything
else. If you live for power, you live in fear. That is no life. If you
live for money, it slips from your hand like water. If you live for
pleasure, you exchange your soul for what is fleeting. If you live for
someone else, what happens if they die or leave you? So, I live for God
because He does not make me live in fear, or forsake me, He does not
slip from my hands and He does not die or leave me.”
When
Jesus says He is the Alpha and the Omega, He declares a truth crucial
for our lives — we are nothing without Him. Every area of our being must
therefore be for Him. Otherwise, what do we call Him King of our lives
for? Rod Velez (rod.velez@gmail.com)
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REFLECTION:
What do you live for? Who rules over your life?
Lord,
help me to lift up every area of my life in consecration to You.
Forgive me for forgetting sometimes that I can’t do this alone. All the
hurt, joys, pain, struggle, and triumphs that turn me into who I am, I
lift up to You, my King.
St. Columban, pray for us. Solemnity of the Christ the King
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