God expects great things from us … it sounds kind of daunting but it’s not what so many people hear or tell themselves.
Each of us needs faith to counter our own insecurities due to past or current struggles or setbacks.
In today’s reading from Maccabees, the king doesn’t see the role that the mother played in teaching the faith to her sons. He doesn’t understand the strength of this gift of faith given by God and what that allows her sons to overcome.
The servant in today’s Gospel from Luke represents any of us who is constrained by fear of failure.
But God’s message is that with faith in Him, we are meant for excellence! It’s true that there can only be one winner of race but it’s also true that God wants us to run to win.
Is there an example from your own life where your faith gave you strength to persevere through a situation you didn’t think you could handle?
Never sell yourself or others short when it comes to the potential to overcome odds stacked against us!
