Ahab told Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to be my vegetable garden, since it is close by, next to my house. I will give you a better vineyard in exchange, or, if you prefer, I will give you its value in money.” But Naboth refused, not because of selfishness, but because he believed that it was God who had given that land to him and his family to be treasured almost as a covenantal relationship: “The Lord forbid that I should give you my ancestral heritage.” Ahab was so disturbed and angry he lay down on his bed and refused to eat. In the first reading, we encounter the story of Naboth, whose vineyard Ahab, the king of Samaria, coveted.
“Ask, and it will be given to you…” ( Matthew 7:7). Prayer is not only asking, but is an attitude of the mind which produces the atmosphere in which asking is perfectly natural. Therefore, you can rest in perfect confidence in Him. Not even the smallest detail of life happens unless God’s will is behind it. Keep the thought that the mind of God is behind all things strong and growing. At times God will appear like an unkind friend, but He is not He will appear like an unnatural father, but He is not He will appear like an unjust judge, but He is not. Jesus said there are times when God cannot lift the darkness from you, but you should trust Him. Jesus is laying down the rules of conduct for those people who have His Spirit, and it works on the following principle: God is my Father, He loves me, and I will never think of anything that He will forget, so why should I worry? Before you formed this concept of divine control so powerfully in your mind, you used to go from person to person seeking help, but now you go to God about it. And once your mind is truly filled with that thought, when you experience difficulties it will be as easy as breathing for you to remember, “My heavenly Father knows all about this!” This will be no effort at all, but will be a natural thing for you when difficulties and uncertainties arise.
He urges us to keep our minds filled with the concept of God’s control over everything, which means that a disciple must maintain an attitude of perfect trust and an eagerness to ask and to seek.įill your mind with the thought that God is there. Jesus is laying down the rules of conduct in this passage for those people who have His Spirit.
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