Everything is relatable to God

THIS we should remember always. Everything in our life, in

the different aspects and dimensions of our life, and in the different

possibilities and scenarios our life can take, irrespective of whether

they are good or bad humanly or naturally speaking, or even

spiritually and supernaturally speaking, can and should be related to

God who knows what to do with them.

 

            We should avoid the pitfall of thinking that there are

certain things and situations, certain concerns, issues and affairs in

our life where God has no role to play. God is in everything. His

interventions in our life are constant and abiding, and are meant to

lead everything to him who is the beginning and end of all things.

 

            His providence is both immediate and eternal, direct and

transcendent, and as such, he infuses his wisdom and power, his truth

and justice, his mercy and compassion, etc. into everything in our

life.

 

            Our part is at least to be aware of this reality and to

cooperate with his providence as much as we can, since we are his

image and likeness. We need to spark our faith into action and to keep

it working as much as possible, because only through faith can we

enter into this sublime reality and play the role proper to us.

 

            As Creator, God cannot withdraw his presence and

governance in all of his creation. And that’s simply because as

Creator, God gives and keeps the very existence of everything he has

created.

 

            He does not only make things and then leave them behind,

as if these things can have their independent existence, as happens

when we make things. God as Creator cannot leave us, since he is the

very source, support and end of our existence.

             Without him, we revert to nothing. And if we think we can

be on our own without God, then we would just be left to our own

devices, and our estimations of what is true, good and beautiful in

life, of what is the source and purpose of our life would actually

have no objective and radical basis. Everything will be subjective.

 

            We have to learn to detect the presence of God, to know

his will and to cooperate with his ways. We have to learn to look for

him and find him, even in the most ordinary things in our life.

             As St. Josemaria Escriva once said: “There is something

holy, something divine hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it

is up to each of you to discover it.” God is everywhere. A psalm

describes this truth well: “If I go up the heavens, you are there. If

I make my bed in the depths, you are there.” (139.8)

             We cannot say that in our intellectual and creative work,

for example, when we do a lot of discoveries and inventions, God is

not there. Neither in our business and politics, in our sports and

entertainment, could we say God is not there.

             The independence and autonomy we enjoy in our earthly

affairs does not mean that God is not involved in them. God is the

author and the lawgiver of our independence and autonomy, and he is

right in the middle of all these affairs.

 

            The least thing we can do in this regard is to acknowledge

God as the ultimate author of what we discover and invent, and of what

we get involved in, and then to thank him for them.

             And from there, we can try to discern the purpose God has

in our discoveries and inventions, and in all our earthly and temporal

affairs. Otherwise, we would just end up misusing and abusing them. We

end up corrupted and corrupting others.

             Especially in situations of crisis, challenges, issues,

and yes, grave mistakes and sin, we need to realize more deeply that

we have to relate them to God. Doing so will make us see the objective

picture of these things, and would enable us to grapple with them

properly.

             He has the ultimate answer to all our questions, the

ultimate cure to all our disorders, the ultimate mercy to all our

mistakes and sins. What we cannot solve humanly speaking, God always

can, in his own way.

 

            So, instead of keeping to ourselves when these

predicaments come our way, we should rush to him, not to renege on our

duties, but rather to be where the ultimate solution can be found.

 

            Our mistakes and sins should no alienate us from God. With

humility, with sorrow, they should occasion the need for us to go to

him.