"Thus says the Lord, This is what I commanded my people: Listen to my voice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people. Walk in all the ways that I command you, so that you may prosper."
The word spoken to Jeremiah revealed to the people. It seems pretty easy. Listen and walk, hear and follow then true prosperity will be found; true peace will reign in the human heart.
"I have sent you untiringly all my servants and prophets."
People can and are exhausting to deal with. They can drain your energy and zap your strength and leave you frustrated.
But yet we here Jeremiah describe God's devotion to man as untiringly. God is relentless.
Think about God sending without rest, without ceasing, his servants to get the people's attention. Untiringly signifies day and night without pause or hesitation God stretches out to his people.
He never gets fatigued with us; he never gets run down; he never gets exhausted; he is forever stretching forth.
Is this not the face of the crucified in our midst, untiringly stretching forth after us.
The perfect image of God's devotion to the human heart is seen in the face of Christ.
This is what lent is about; it is about deepening our understanding of God's devotion to each of us, that untiring devotion to the human heart. Only when we can penetrate this reality can we truly begin to be devout ourselves.
Our devotion stems from God's devotion to us.
May we take time today to listen for God's word, listen to God's Word. Set aside a few minutes to read the Sacred Scripture and study the Word diligently even untiringly; do what God does.
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