"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?" (Luke 6:46)
Why do we call Jesus Lord, say we want to follow him and then not do as he command? Jesus poses this question to His followers. Talk is cheap. Easier said than done. Put your money where your mouth is . . . all of these catch phrases allude to the fact that we need actually do the things that Jesus calls us to not just talk about them. I remember someone saying "we should be human doings, not just human be-ings." There is work for us to do in the world.
So what is God calling us to in the world. When asked, Jesus says the greatest commandments are these . . . love God with all our selves and love our neighbor as ourselves. If we truly believe that, we have work to do. If we love our neighbors as ourselves, we have neighbors around us in need. There are people around us that are hungry, lonely, grieving, impoverished, unemployed, suffering, ill . . . what is our response to that? Will we feed people, visit people, comfort people, provide for people? Or will we discuss how that merely would be a good idea? We are called to do something. When we do these things it is the same as doing it for Jesus Himself. Let's serve God and our neighbor!
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