“…proclaim the word; be persistent whether it is convenient or inconvenient…” – 2 Tim 4:2a
In serving God, the objective is always to win souls for His Kingdom through the proclamation of the Word. St. Paul understood this as becoming anybody to everybody, be it in the grand porticos of Athens or on the deadly waves of the sea. He never wavered in his mission to spread the Gospel.
I too have been called to proclaim the Word of God. Well, not as dramatic as speaking before coliseum crowds or preaching in far off places on missions. My calling is as simple as writing a reflection like this one where, hopefully, God will speak to you through the squiggles on this page.
But there are times when I miss deadlines and I don’t feel like filling pages with the reflections that God has inspired. There are times when I choose to sleep through creative bursts because my day job has drained me of the strength to put words into hard copy.
I call those times “writer’s block with consent” – I purposely forget the inspirations because I choose to do nothing. Yet, in the middle of the night, I get up and make a beeline for the computer. I couldn’t sleep because the Word within me refuses to be silent.
And these are the moments when I do what I’ve been sent out to do – proclaim His word, whether it was convenient or inconvenient. However, these are rare times. More often than not, I write. – Lizza V.
Reflection: Is there something that God wants you to do today? Will you do it now or forever ignore your part in the service of His Kingdom?
Lord, here I am. Use me as You please in building Your Kingdom among Your people.
Unedited version of the reflection for the 05 June 2004 readings (2 Tim 4:1-8; Ps 71:8-9, 14-17, 22; Mk 12:38-44) of Kerygma, a widely-circulated Catholic devotional magazine.
