"Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand" ~ by Ronnie Archer

In today's Gospel reading of Matthew, we learn that Jesus recognized that it was time for His public ministry to begin... and so it did, near the town of Capernaum in Galilee. It began there because it was a place where there was a need.

As Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw the two brothers, Simon and Andrew, who were fishermen, casting their nets into the sea. He told them to follow Him and He would make them fishers of men. They recognized it as their call from God; they left their nets, and immediately followed.

We have to have a desire to know God... if we don't, then we cannot hear or understand God's call. We will accomplish great things if we hear and take heed to His call.

Christ came with a mission to dispel the darkness of our lives, to remove the clouds of doubt, so we can see the light. Christ did this by His Word. We need to listen and really hear the Good News to help dispel our darkness.

We have to experience darkness before we will know the need for Christ's light. If we never know darkness, then we won't realize a need for that light.

Christ commands us to repent. The first thing to do in repenting is to forgive the past, and then we can go forward to the future.

Whatever obstacles there are in our lives will be removed by God, if we have the desire to serve Him.


~ Third Sunday in Ordinary Time ~

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