https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011523.cfm
I quote:
Here am I, Lord; I come to do your will.
I have waited, waited for the LORD,
and he stooped toward me and heard my cry.
And he put a new song into my mouth,
a hymn to our God.
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The baptism of Jesus is The Father's invitation to each of us, to accept His call to allow Him to lead us through our life of self discovery.
When we immerse our life into the care of Our Saviour we learn over time that He loves us, cares for us, protects us with the vigilance of a father deeply in love with His children.
The Word of God became flesh and dwelt among us. To those who accepted him,he gave power to become children of God.
It is our choice to accept, or decline The Father's invitation to live our life, reflecting His life alive in ours.
Free will is that awareness that we remain master of our own fate by the choices we make.
C. S Lewis writes wisely using symbolic terminology:
“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of – throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.”
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