Student Daily Reflection

[472] Ephesians 1:15-23
Psalm 8:2-3ab, 4-5, 6-7
Luke 12:8-12

Weekly Guide for Daily Prayer
The Daily Reflections

Jesus said to his disciples: "I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God. But whoever denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God." (Luke 12:8)

In order to call ourselves Christians, we must acknowledge Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God, the Savior. Some days, it will be easy. Going to Mass each week on our sheltered, Catholic campus, we feel comfortable calling ourselves Christians and naming Jesus as our savior. We wear our crosses and go to Bible study where it is easy to call Jesus the Son of God, where we feel comfortable pronouncing our faith.

Do we treat Jesus with the same reverence when we go out on the weekends? Do we acknowledge Christ when we are out with our friends? Do we defend his name when asked why we remain in the church? Do we call ourselves Christians when it is not comfortable or the popular thing to do? Sometimes the right choice is not always the popular one. There will always be instances in our lives in which we find ourselves comfortable, then uncomfortable. If you called someone your best friend yesterday, would you stand up for her if she was being bullied today? Would you say you were proud of your son one day, then bail him out of jail the next?

We are called to treat these situations just as we are to treat our relationship with Jesus. We are not called to be like the disciples who were with him when he was popular then against him when he was a criminal. We are called to be like John and call him our savior until the bitter end. It will be difficult. In order to nurture our relationship with Him, we might challenge ourselves to implement daily prayer. We must live the gospel in our words and actions, treating the least of God's people as we wish to be treated. Perhaps most importantly, we must defend him in conversation when called to do so. Like many things in life, being a Christian is not always easy, but rewarding in the end. If we wish to be acknowledged on judgment day, it is our duty to acknowledge Jesus as God.