Our problem is that we often take our life’s real and
ultimate purpose for granted, preferring to sway and dance according
to the music played simply by worldly conditions. We prefer to be
guided by our senses and emotions, or by our reasoning alone as
expressed in our man-made different ideologies, philosophies, sciences
and technologies, etc.
We ignore the guiding light of our Christian faith that
gives us not only a global picture of things but also the means to
attain our true goal of eternal life with God in heaven. We have to
remember that our Christian faith shows us the ultimate dimensions and
purpose of our life that definitely includes the spiritual and
supernatural realities.
We often fail to realize that our earthly life is a voyage
of faith in time that is heading towards the eternity of God. This
predicament has to be resolved, and the earlier the better—of course,
with due consideration to the readiness of each one of us to
appreciate the value of our Christian faith, something that has to be
worked on.
In this regard, the first thing to do is to look at the
example of Christ who is “the way, the truth and the life” for us. In
several occasions, Christ would say that what he was doing was in
fulfillment of what the prophets of old, the advance proclaimers of
God’s will for Christ and for all of us, said. (cfr. Mt 26,54.56; Mk
14,49; Lk 18,31; etc.)
It’s clear that Christ already had in his mind that he has
to follow and fulfill a purpose and a mission already spelled out for
him beforehand. This should also be the mentality we ought to have. We
have a purpose and mission already spelled out for us beforehand, and
we should do our best, with God’s grace, to fulfill it.
To keep himself faithful to this purpose and mission,
Christ had to pray and to assert that he does nothing other than to do
the will of the Father. “The Son can do nothing by himself,” he said,
“unless he sees the Father doing it. For whatever the father does, the
Son also does.” (Jn 5,19) On another occasion, Christ said, “I do
nothing on my own initiative.” (Jn 8,28)
We need to adapt the same frame of mind as that of Christ.
We are meant to fulfill the will of God for us, and not just our own
will for that would constitute as nothing other than self-indulgence.
That’s why we cannot overemphasize the need for praying,
for closely studying the doctrine of our faith, for making plans and
strategies on daily, weekly, monthly basis, etc., so we would conform
everything in our life to fulfill God’s will for us.
This desire and urge to fulfill God’s will should be made
as alive and vivid as possible. This is the challenge all of us have
to face and tackle. We have to learn to align everything to God’s
will, always fighting against the constant temptations of distractions
and other forms of self-indulgence.
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