Friday, September 7 COMMITMENT IN LIFE MATTHEW 4:1-11

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.