Exodus 32:7-14 / John 5:31-47
One common complaint from parents about their teenage children is that these teenagers often consider their friends more important than their family.
They would go all out to help their friends, but when it comes to the house chores like sweeping the floor, they would try to avoid it by all means.
We might have seen this for ourselves and we will surely be able to empathize with these parents.
But let us also remember that the mixed up priorities of the teenagers are often no different from the adults.
We all like to seek approval from others, especially from our friends and peers.
In other words, we look for acceptance from people, and that can make us end up with mixed up priorities.
Jesus stated it very clearly for us what was His top priority.
For Jesus, God the Father is His top priority, the very center of His life.
Everything is measured with reference to God and it is His approval that is sought and it is His will that is to be done.
Lent is also a time to look at our priorities in life and to see if God is up there at the top of our priorities.
We have to let God be our center, and then everything else will come together.