For the Israelites who felt that God has abondoned them; the prophet expresses God's Love as a love of a mother which never fails for her child at her breast or the son of her womb. Even if they forget, God will never forget his people.
We are reminded that as servants of God we ought to serve Him by our very life. We are called to bear witness to Him. Whether we have done it properly or not; is not for us to judge but it is God who should judge us.
Jesus wants us to choose God as the sole master in our lives. As human beings we can do nothing compared to what God can do for us. Therefore we are called to place our trust and hope in God and in God alone.
God of Love. We are called to proclaim this to the world in word and in deed by our very life as his servants and stewards. We are called to give all prominence to God in our lives by refusing the evil one from our lives. The world and the evil one take God away from our lives. As God is all powerful and is caring we need not give into the world by thinking of life and body and the needs of them. God looks after the nature, His creation. How much more will he not do to man his greatest creation? He loves us more than a mother would love her child at the breast or son of her womb.
The Israelites who were discouraged as they did not feel God's love; Prophet Isaiah proclaims God's love as a love beyond the love of a mother towards her baby. This is quite clear in the saying of God through the prophet, "Does a woman forget her baby at the breast or fail to cherish the son of her womb. Yet even if these forget, I will never forget you."
We are called to examine our conscience so as to find out what we have done as his servants and stewards of the Lord. But we are not to judge ourselves for judgement is left for God. It is God who will judge us whether we were worthy of His trust.
As we are in the world we get carried away by the things and the offerings of the world. As we cannot do anything compared to what God is doing to the world and in the world. We should not give into the world but instead we should place all our trust and hope in the Lord. He is very clear when He says, "No one can be the slave of two masters. He will either hate the first and love the second or treat the first with respect and the second with scorn. You cannot be the slave both of God and money."
Therefore let us not be worried about our life or body. The God who looks after the nature and all creatures in it will take care of us. By worrying we cannot add a single cubit to our span of life. Therefore let us not be worried about tomorrow or our life, body, food, drink or clothes. These are what are done by the pagans. As followers of Christ let us not give into worry but place our hearts on the kingdom of God and on His saving Justice. And all these other things will be ours.
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