Wrestle your way

Last Sunday's Gospel from Luke 13:22-30 spoke about those who will be saved. Jesus said this: "Try your best to enter by the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and will not succeed."


This message seemed pretty common to me, having heard it like a zillion times. I tend to focus on the first part of the message, which I interpret as doing what is right. This is often the hardest thing to do, since we all want the easy path. Father shared the Greek interpretation which was kind of enlightening. He said that to try your best in Greek meant to wrestle your way. We really have to wrestle and put in our every effort in get into that narrow door in order to be saved. Choosing the easy way is really not an option.


Throughout the week, I asked my self what it would be like to wrestle in the daily stuff that filled my day. Every time I felt lazy and in my comfort zone, I remind myself that I needed to keep going, to wrestle with my state of mind, to do the right thing. The right thing being to glorify God in my work in the laboratory, my research work at the Uni, and my work in upkeeping the home. It has been quite a struggle but at the end of it, though I cannot explain how I managed to complete the stuff that I did, I know for certain that God strengthens us in all that we do. He is our strength.


Something else that reinforced this was an article I read by Bo Sanchez. He wrote about giving our 10,000 hours in what we do and God will reward us many fold. Every time we find ourselves slacking, let us look ahead at the reward that will welcome us in God's time.


Keep me in your sight Lord and let my every waking moment do great works for you.