Today's verse is part of a challenging passages that tells us to trust God in all things. More specifically, 1 John 3:19-24 tells us to believe in Jesus and to love one another as he commanded.* And if we do this, even at those times when our emotions tell us to do otherwise, we will receive what we ask for.
Toward the end of the first century, about 60-70 years after Jesus' Ascension, some former members of the early Christian community had refused to acknowledge Jesus as the Christ.* John writes his letters in part to combat this and other ideas about Jesus which he personally knew to be false.
We can see Jesus' own teaching as the source of John's reassuring words. In both Matthew (7:7-11 and 21:22) and John's (14:13-14) gospels, Jesus tells us exactly the same thing: to trust confidently in God!
Lord, may our national motto, In God We Trust, continue to find a place in our hearts.
Today, on this feast of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I will open my heart to God's ways, wherever they may lead me.
Mary, Queen of Peace, pray for us.
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