One of the most essential, but most difficult lessons to learn when we want to follow Jesus is how to decide whether we are doing what He asks us to do or whether we are insisting on what we ourselves desire. We must constantly be on the lookout to make sure that we do not fall victim to the temptation to be content with short-sighted rewards. This was the problem with Judas: he settled for the payment of 30 pieces of silver (cf Mt 26:14-16). Was he greedy or was he just too eager, and ended up selling himself short?
Against the physical cost that Judas settled for, there is the infinite gift that is offered to each one of God's beloved sons and daughters. The Lord God has given each of us a well-trained tongue, that we may know how to speak to the weary a word that will awaken them (Is 50:4). There is no price that can be attached to the ability to encourage the faint of heart and spirit to believe that they are beloved and precious.
Do your best today not to sell yourself short ... or to sell yourself at all. You are a child of God, a beloved son or daughter. Dare to ponder what God dreams for you today.
Have a great day.
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