Wig’s Word fo God Today 3-2-2011
Thus it will be known to the very ends of the earth that you are the eternal God. Sirach 36:17
For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many. Mark 10:45
Sirach 36:1, 4-5a, 10-17, Psalm 79:8, 9, 11 and 13 & Mark 10:32-45
I strive every day to write a reflection filled with the Spirit of God that will move people to read their Bible, to move people to pray and to move people to proclaim with confidence void of Christ-like stage fight. I seek to proclaim “to the very ends of the earth that You are the eternal God” to rescue the world from jealously, worry or revenge. Many in today’s world are so filled with sin they have forgotten what living in Truth feels like let alone how to speak it when it comes to their mind. Today’s message in Sirach is a message of faith asking our LORD to rescue humanity from the ugliness associated with selfish acts of sin. The author asks God to intervene and show His Saving Power to all the nations. By the death of His Only Son, God reconciled the world to a Savior of all that we can Trust He will deliver mankind from Satan’s grips of selfishness.
Jesus spoke to us yesterday that wealth is not an automatic ticket to enter the Gates of Heaven rather He challenges us to void ourselves of wealth and follow Him to His Eternal Kingdom through acts of faith, charity and love. Today we hear Jesus tell James and John, the sons of Zebedee and one of the early followers of Christ that His seat in Heaven on the left or the right is not for Him to give for it is only God who can assign those seats. After explaining that He would have to suffer at the hands of the Gentiles, Christ further expresses our need to serve instead of being served for True Discipleship comes from serving the afflicted, the hungry and the poor. Jesus frees humanity from sin by His Death on a Cross but he true freedom mankind will experience is in living a life dedicated to His Truth in a complete surrender to serving the least amoung us. “For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many.” Amen.
God Bless,
Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins
Romans 8:28
“Spirit led God inspired Christ fed”
For I Came to Serve in Truth
Our God rules the Universe
A Light of Mercy has hung
Nations will dread your Name
God can never be shun
Signs of wonders produced
In the lives of all to see
Pleasure of giving and feeding
His Sheep of all humanity
Evidence rests of this in Jesus
The Christ Who is LORD of all
His death and resurrection fulfilled
The Covenant of Love His call
Foretelling His death and sufferings
Christ explained His required plight
Telling James and John sons of Zebedee
God establishes Heaven’s seating right
You can experience my Baptism
Drink from My Cup of Salvation too
By being a servant to many
For I came to serve in Truth
© Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins March 2, 2011 @ 5:27 AM EST
