Hebrews 4:12-16 / Mark 2:13-17
What we speak comes from what fills our hearts.
Hence our words reveal who we are and what we are thinking.
When Jesus saw Levi sitting by the customs house, He said only two words to him: Follow me.
That revealed who Jesus is.
And when Levi got up and followed Jesus, it also revealed what Levi was searching for and what was the longing in his heart.
And when the scribes and the Pharisees commented and questioned the action of Jesus in eating with tax collectors and sinners, it also revealed what were their thoughts.
But the most profound revelation was in what Jesus said in response:
It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick. I did not come to call the virtuous, but sinners.
That statement revealed who Jesus is and also His mission.
The 1st reading says that the Word of God is something alive and active: it cuts like any double-edged sword but more finely.
Let us listen to the Word of God and keep it in our hearts.
May the Word of God continue to reveal God’s love to us, and may it also deepen our longing for Jesus.