God's Word at Work Achieving God's Will

In the first reading of today’s liturgy, Is 55: 10-11, Yahweh tells us, through Isaiah, that any word from God—that is, any Scripture passage—“shall not return to me void but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it.”  As I meditated upon that passage the following thoughts came to me, the Lord telling me that He sends His Word for the following reasons:

                “I sent it to bring about your redemption.

                I sent it to transform your being

  from the inside out.

                I sent it to bear fruit

  that will last into eternity.

                I sent it to open your eyes to injustices

               and to correct the unjust systems.

                I sent it to change hatred into love.

                I sent it to reconcile differences.

                I sent it to mend brokenness.

                I sent it to fill emptiness.

                I sent it to reveal Truth.

                I sent it to change your heart,

  to remove your blindness

 and unstop your deafness

 to My Voice, My Truth, My Love,

 to the gifts of My Spirit

at work in you and in all others.

I sent it so that you would know

that  I am always at work

in the most dire of circumstances.

I am God. There is no other!”

 My heart was humbled. What about yours?