what matters is what God wants . . . 3rd week wednesday

There are several things we can learn from our first reading, from the 2nd Book of Samuel. 

First, what God wants from us may be different from what we want.  What we want may be noble, heroic, good, super good.  But it does not follow that this is what God really wants from us.  David wanted to build a house for God, a temple.  It was noble, it was admirable, it was even a beautiful idea.  But that was not what God wanted.  In life, what matters for us is what God wants.

Second, David wanted to build a house for God, a temple.  But God revealed to Nathan his prophet that instead of David building God a house, God will build a house, a dynasty, God will build the house of David and this house will stand forever.  From this promise comes the messianic hope – the son of David is the holder of the promise and Jesus will be called son of David.  Many times in our life it is not what we do to God that really makes the difference.  Rather it is what God does to us.  Many times, the 4^th year especially would complain about what they had to undergo in their academics at this point in time, the hardships that they had to undergo, the humiliation even that they had to go through.   What you become because of what you have to go through can be more important than the thesis you will produce.  God is doing something in your life.  It is not only what you do, it is what God does to you that is more important.

Think about these.