In our gospel for today, we see how people had a problem with who Jesus was and what he was doing regarding the healings he was performing. They assumed it was through the Evil One that the Lord was doing these healings. They had trouble accepting the fact that he was the Messiah they have been waiting for and had power over good and evil. Because he is both fully God and fully man, he had this power to heal people and to expel demons. Yet the people were blinded to this truth and rejected him. Jesus rightly points out, “…if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand?”
What is
our attitude towards Jesus? Do we accept him as Messiah and God? Or do we have
our doubts about who he and what he can do in our lives. In today’s gospel and throughout
all the gospels we can see and come to know that Jesus is our Lord and Savior.
We just need to put our trust in him and know that he will be there for us in
all our needs. Our needs may not be as dramatic as in today’s gospel where
Jesus is expelling a demon, but Jesus is there for us in all our problems,
whether emotional or physical. We just need to turn to him and ask him for his
help and healing in whatever we are facing, whether for ourselves or for our
families or friends.
In our
first reading we hear Jerimiah give us this message from God: “Listen to myvoice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people. Walk in all the waysthat I command you, so that you may prosper.” Let us always have God in the
center of who we are so that we can receive the emotional or physical healing
we need. God will always answer our prayers in a way that we need. We my not get
the answer we expect but we will always get the answer or healing God feels we
need. We just need to be open to God’s voice in every aspect of our lives.
Praise
be Jesus Christ now and forever.
