“The Whole Structure Is Held Together” by Melanie Rigney
Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone. Through him, the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord; in him, you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. (Ephesians 2:19-22)
The Lord speaks of peace to his people. (Psalm 84:9)
“Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.” (Luke 12:43)
Piety
Lord, help me to find my role in your household.
Study
News flash: It’s not all about us.
Oh, we can help and hurt people while we’re here. But few of us will be remembered by name in three generations from now.
That is not necessarily a bad thing. It is a humbling thing.
The writer of Ephesians reminds us of this, that through Christ, “the whole structure is held together and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord.” We individually are not responsible for holding the world, let alone the kingdom, together. What we are responsible for is opening ourselves for being built into the household of God.
This is a good thing. It is not necessarily an easy thing.
Being built into the household of God involves making ourselves pleasing to him. The corporal and spiritual works of mercy are a good place to start. The most challenging place to start is those two greatest commandments.
Yes, few people will remember most of us by name or image three generations from now. But if we are obedient and faithful, they may find it easier to be built into the household of God because maybe, just maybe, each of us has the opportunity to leave the world just a bit better than we found it, to make the household of God just a bit stronger for having conformed ourselves to the Lord’s desire.
Make that your news flash for today, not who’s ahead or behind in the upcoming elections.
Action
Do something today to bring souls into the house. Don’t let it be fake news.
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