Friday, September 7
COMMITMENT IN LIFE
MATTHEW 4:1-11
But he answered,
“It is written,
‘One does not live
by bread alone,
but by every word
that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Matthew 4:4 (NRSV)
I’m
constantly postponing until later things that need to be done in my house,
especially in my room, since I work six days a week, I postpone doing these
things from day to day.
Often, in
the same way, we postpone being in God’s presence. We have been comfortably
changed into Sunday Christians and think that we are Christians simply because
we were born in a Christian family.
To live as
Christians is to know how to integrate Christ into our daily lives. It is to
have a continuous relation with Christ throughout all our lives by which we
grow, develop, and discover new facets of true Christian living. It is to give
our whole being to God so that he can form, shape, direct and change it. It is
to invite Christ to be Lord of our mind, body and soul. It is the possibility
that others may come near to God through our feeling, our thinking, our
actions, our lives.
Prayer: Lord, teach us to keep the discipline of dedicated time to
be in communion with you. Use us to carry out your purposes in our lives. We
pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Translation by John Potter
COMPROMISO EN LA VIDA
MATEO 4:1-11
No solo de pan vivirá el hombre sino de toda palabra
que sale de la boca de Dios
Mateo 4:4
Constantemente estoy
postergando por bastante tiempo arreglos que debo hacer en mi casa,
específicamente en mi cuarto, pues como trabajo durante seis días por semana,
pospongo hacer ese arreglo día tras día.
Muchas veces, de la misma
manera, posponemos estar en la presencia de Dios. Nos hemos convertido
cómodamente en cristianos del domingo y nos consideramos cristianos simplemente
porque nacimos en una familia cristiana.
Vivir cristianamente es
saber integrar a Cristo en nuestra vida diaria. Es tener una relación continua
con Cristo durante toda nuestra vida, por medio de la cual crecemos, nos
desarrollamos y descubrimos constantemente nuevas facetas de verdadera vida
cristiana.
Es rendir nuestro ser a
Dios para que lo forme, moldee, dirija y cambie. Es invitar a Cristo a que sea el Señor de
nuestra mente, cuerpo y alma. Es la posibilidad de que otros pueden acercarse a
Dios a través de nuestro sentir, nuestro pensar, nuestro actuar, nuestro vivir.
Oración: Señor, enséñanos a tener la disciplina de
dedicar tiempo para estar en comunión contigo. Úsanos para llevar a cabo tus
propósitos en nuestra vida. Por
Jesucristo. Amén.
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