Friday of the 3rd week of Eastertide

Instruments of life

John 6:52-59


How could someone like Saul, who was a murderer of Christians, become Paul, now an instrument of Jesus to bring life to others?

How could we be the same, i.e., instruments of life to others?

First, center on Jesus; literally, receive Jesus, take in Jesus into the self.  "I tell you most solemnly,
if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you."
 
Second, taking Jesus in the self means learning from him, digesting his teaching, literally letting him live in us.  "He lives in me and I in him."  The self becomes a replica of Jesus.
 
Finally, only Jesus becomes the source of life of everyone.  "He now draws life in me."  We become instruments of life to others because it is Jesus' life in us.
 
Thus, learn the three things that make us instruments of life: receive Jesus, learn from Jesus, and let Jesus be a part of our lives.

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