Gospel: Mark 10: 32-45
How often are we in situations where someone is speaking to us about something, but our mind and interests are elsewhere. We don't hear what they are saying; we are so absorbed our our own world. How often does this happen in our relationship with the Lord! He is saying one thing to us, but we are not listening. We are about our own self-interests and pursuits that we have no idea what God has said to us in the midst of our day.
That is the dynamic in today's Gospel portion. Jesus is telling the disciples something important - his arrest, trial, passion, execution, and ultimate resurrection. But they are not listening. They are consumed with arguments about power and control over a kingdom they do not understand. Is this not the history of the Christian church in miniature? God has had much to say to us as a community of faith, but our sole interest has been our own power and control - to the detriment of many a soul.
To be a follower of the Lord Jesus is to be first and foremost a listener, one who pays attention not only to what the Lord says but also to what he does. Jesus was all about the works of compassion and mercy extended out to all people. He was not about titles or positions of power or status of any kind. The Lord was about the work of doing good for others in life and in death. That is our sole focus as his followers.
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