How easy it is to be tangled up with the demands and troubles of our daily lives. It's easy to be distracted from the things that really matter. We give up a lot of things for work, business, or things needed to make a living. We sacrifice our time with family, friends, and even time to rest for ourselves. Sadly, we may also tend to sacrifice time for God. We should make a living so we can live our lives, not live our lives to make a living.
Jesus warns us about this in the gospel. We should always be ready and prepared for his second coming. We should not allow the enemy to distract us from doing what we should, to distract us from serving our one true God. Our focus should remain on God, not on things of the world. These things, no matter how innocent and harmless they seem, should not prevent us from serving God, from working for God.
Given this, it will not be always easy. When you are working for God, you are not of the world, and the world will hate you like it did Jesus. As we see in the first reading, there were kingdoms, powerful yes, and they made war against the holy ones, the ones working for God. They were victorious only until the Ancient One arrived. Until we meet Christ again, life will not always be easy. However, we should have faith in Christ, and follow what Jesus said:
Be vigilant at all times
and pray that you have the strength
to escape the tribulations that are imminent
and to stand before the Son of Man
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