29 January 2019
THEY ARE OUTSIDE (Mark 3:31-35)
‘Your relatives are outside asking for you.’ This message was brought to Jesus as he was
speaking to a group of disciples and it prompted a spontaneous response from
him; ‘Who are my relatives?’ And he gives the answer, ‘Anyone who does the will
of God.’ They are words that create an ‘inside’ and an ‘outside’, a division between
those intent on doing the will of the Father, as Jesus did, and those who have
other agendas. Perhaps we experience that
divide today as fuzzy. There are so many
of us who are trying their best. And the
best of us are often trapped in personal goals that seem remote from the common
good. Yet here we are reminded there is
a divide. It may be fuzzy to others but
to each of us it should be clear. And our
conscience is our guide.
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