In life, we need to have some control over some immediate events.
It may not be for the future which has so much uncertainties, but at least for the near future, so that there can be some stability in our lives.
Yes, we need to plan for our near future and that is a responsibility to ourselves.
But the 1st reading talks about another kind of future as it says this: Like flowing water is the heart of the king in the hand of the Lord, who turns it where he pleases.
Yes, we say that our future is in the hands of the Lord God, but do we still trust in God’s plan for us when things suddenly change?
In the gospel, the family and relatives of Jesus couldn’t quite understand the change in Him and in what He was doing and they wanted to see Him.
But Jesus said that those who hear the Word of God and put it into practice are His mother and brothers.
May the Word of God soften our hearts so that our hearts will be like flowing water in the hands of God who turns it where He pleases.
When our hearts are in the hands of God, we will have true freedom and feel the joy of life.