Bible in a Year (Augustine Institute) - Day 162

Описание: I am reading the daily readings from a book called “Bible in a Year” from the Augustine Institute. The reason I wanted to do this is to help those who have a hard time reading from an actual book, as well as create group discussion and fellowship in Christ. If you’re able to, I recommend following along with me. You can get the book on Amazon or most Catholic Book stores. If not, feel free to turn on the captions (they seem decent enough).

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Reflection from the Book:
It is all too easy to content ourselves with the regular stuff of life. Two tales from today’s reading take aim at our spiritual complacency. The prophet Elisha tells the king to perform prophetic actions of victory: to shoot a bow and to strike, the ground with a fistful of arrows. While the king obeys, he exhibits complacency, a lack of interest in the prophet’s spiritual antics, and he only strikes the ground three times with the arrows. If the king will give only half-heartedly to God, then he will receive only half of a victory. When Jesus pronounces his divine and messianic identity with the words ego eimi, “I am” (Jn 18:5), the bevy of soldiers and officials who have come to arrest him fall to the ground involuntarily. The soldiers proceed with the arrest, seemingly oblivious of who is before them and the miraculous sign they have witnessed. When Jesus knocks us down with his words, we should probably pause and reconsider what we’re doing. What complacency is God trying to shake you out of?