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Jesus answered and said to them, “Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years,* and you will raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking about the temple of his body. Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they came to believe the scripture and the word Jesus had spoken. (John 2:19-22)
All hope is restored, fear is replaced by love.
What are the things that Christ wants us to do today that doesn't seem to make any sense?
When I was 22, being a fresh engineering graduate, it did not make sense to "give it all up" to be a fulltime missionary. Then when I got married, it did not seem to make sense to continue fulltime mission work. Yet here I am, despite all the things that should have made sense in other people's minds, I continue to trust the peace that Christ gives me. Yes, I still am a missionary, and mysteriously He continues to provide. I believe one day with His grace, when in Heaven, it will all make perfect sense. For what are our thoughts compared to His thoughts?
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways—oracle of the LORD.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
my thoughts higher than your thoughts (Isaiah 55:8-9)
We are all called to serve a greater purpose. It might not make sense now why you should use your profession or circumstance to spread and build God's kingdom. You might be laughed at, even persecuted. Buy hey, that's always been the story of Christians through history. What has been consistent all through out the life of the Church are the persecutions. It did not make sense to the world why Christians were willing to be eaten by lions or be stoned to death for the sake of Christ. But through this, Christianity even spread more. These are God's ways, wierd and mysterious as it may seem to us, but to the All Knowing and All Powerful it does not only make sense but it is The Way. As we faithfully endure in carrying our daily cross (often struggling and rationalizing why this cross), there is always the promise of resurrection, of heaven, of eternal life in the Lord. As shown by Jesus, the Resurrection will always be a Glorious Mystery!
Let the grace of peace in our hearts to do God's work satisfy our senses and bring us to the hope in partaking in the Glorious Mystery of His Resurrection. Happy Easter!
