We have to live under God’s providence, understanding
first of all what providence is. Many of us are ignorant of this basic
truth, even if in the many fields of human endeavor, we have reached
the highest limits.
As our Catechism puts it, providence are “the dispositions
by which God guides his creation toward their perfection…By his
providence God protects and governs all things which he has made…(n.
302)
Furthermore, the Catechism says that “the solicitude of
divine providence is concrete and immediate; God cares for all, from
the least things to the great events of the world and its history.”
(n. 303)
We need to understand that as God’s creatures, our
creation is still in the making. We are still being formed and led to
our perfection, which is none other than to be God’s image and
likeness, children of his and sharers of his divine life in the
eternity of heaven.
But precisely because of the way God has created us,
endowing us with intelligence and will, and giving us his grace, we
are meant to correspond to his creative work on us, a work that now
includes a redemptive aspect since we messed up the original design
God intended for us.
We have to realize then that God is constantly intervening
in our lives, a reality that we should always acknowledge and
correspond to properly. This is what is meant by God’s providence over
us. Thus, we should be always aware that we ought to live under God’s
providence, corresponding to it as best that we can.
We need to understand that God is always with us and is
actively intervening in our lives. There is nothing in our life where
God is not present or where he is inactive. This is the objective
truth about God and us, whether we are aware of it or not, believe in
it or not.
Obviously, we have to try our best to correspond to God’s
constant presence and interventions. That is why, we need to cultivate
our spiritual life, our relation with God which is otherwise called as
our religion, that has to be constantly nourished through a life of
piety that should be kept as vibrant as possible.
Otherwise, there is no other way but to fall into
self-indulgence that has no other possible end than tragedy. We would
be easy prey to our weaknesses, the many temptations around and sin
itself.
That is why the Catechism tells us that “Jesus asks for
childlike abandonment to the providence of our heavenly Father who
takes care of his children’s smallest needs.” (n. 305). We should not
dare to live solely on our own, something that we need effort to
uphold, since our tendency is to think that we can simply be on our
own.
This basic truth about our need to live under God’s
providence should be inculcated on everyone as early as possible,
giving out the appropriate means to make this ideal a reality. As the
day wears on, we should be asking questions like, “Lord, what do you
want me to do now, etc.?”
What definitely a wonderful world we would have if all of
us learn to live under God’s providence!
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