[Grem] *****SPAM(12.0)***** Gospel meditation

[Emoke Greschik]

 Friends, today’s Gospel describes* the obedience of a faithful servant.* *Our
lives are not about us;* *they are about the King. We are built *not for
commanding others but *for obedience. *I*n the presence of the awesome
lordliness of God—*that mind and will whose grandeur we can barely fathom—*we
bow, we listen, we surrender.*

*The Lord is the King, the one who commands, directs, and oversees, and
who, accordingly, demands obedience. *For a military tribe such as the
ancient Hebrews, this term had, to be sure, an especially powerful
resonance. *The proper response to a king is obedience. The king commands,
and the servant responds*—*simply, promptly, unhesitatingly. *

*A courtier or a messenger might not understand the rationale for, or
consequences of, what the king has told him to do, but he does it, trusting
in the wisdom and power of the one who sends him*. *The word “obey” is
derived from the Latin obedire, to listen attentively, to heed. In the
presence of God the Lord, we his servants should listen, bending our ears
and our wills to his word.*
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