The values taught through Jesus’ kingdom turns the world values upside
down. The demands of building that kingdom would entail a lot more that
what we could imagine. Jesus cautions then: “do you not know what you
are asking?” Not until the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles did the
remarkable transformation take place and the rest was history. History
would reveal that except for John, the disciple whom Jesus loved, all
the rest of the apostles died a “martyrs’ death”. The cup which Jesus
drank, which his followers must drink and the baptism which Jesus was
baptized, we must also be baptized.
With God’s grace everything is possible. As we go about our Christian
vocation, do we often rely on our own effort and understanding or do we
humbly ask and faithfully cooperate with God’s Spirit to transform us
and our Christian Community?
