The season of Lent is Jesus’ time of getting ready and prepared for ministry. Although this season lasts 40 days I began to feel like life is always about “getting ready.” Each week I prepare for Sunday service, bible study, administrative activities of the church, and now preparing to implement more exciting details of our revitalization plan. At home it’s the activities of getting ready for the day, getting dinner ready, and getting ready for bed on nights with meetings. Lots of readying going on.
We had a great reflection in this morning’s prayer/meditation time on how we ready ourselves for God by making choices that go along with God’s will for loving one another. We had a brief reading from Hebrews about how Moses chose to turn back on his upbringing in the Egyptian palace as the princess’ adopted son to live with his people. Not many of us would make a choice of poverty over royalty, but this did make him so ready to be the leader of the Israelites. The author of the meditation, and I would concur that God gives us choices, and when we choose to follow the will of God’s love for others, self & God, we are making Ready for the “kingdom of God.”
How do you make choices that reflect the love of God in the big and small things? How are you ready for the love of God?