We should feel good and happy with this truth of our faith
that assures us that whatever happens in our life, the Holy Spirit
continues to be with us and to help us achieve our true and ultimate
purpose of our life.
Yes, we should feel good and happy that we are given a clear
indication of what our true goal in life is and of how we can attain
it. We should banish whatever fears and doubts we may have in this
regard. We are never left alone by God. We are never orphaned by
Christ our Redeemer. God is alive and the redemptive work of Christ
continues to take place because of the Holy Spirit.
We should give time to consider these truths of our faith
more slowly and deeply, if only to help enable ourselves to do our
part in this business of human redemption. Yes, we also have a big
role to play in this, even if the main role belongs to God through
Christ in the Holy Spirit.
It cannot be denied that we are God’s most special project,
so to speak, since we have been given the dignity of being nothing
less than God’s image and likeness, children of his and meant to share
in his very own divine life.
These are tremendous truths of our faith that we should
study well and assimilate as best that we can. They truly can fill us
with a most ineffable joy, though at times we may get skeptical about
it, since we can regard them as being too good to be true. But that’s
just how things are with us in our relation with God!
We need to learn to be most attentive and discerning to the
promptings of the Holy Spirit who continually intervenes in our life.
He it is who will lead us to the whole truth and to things that are to
come, as Christ himself assured us. (cfr. Jn 16,13) Can there ever be
a greater deal than this that Christ has given us?
When we manage to perceive the abiding promptings of the
Holy Spirit, we would see and understand things most objectively. We
would know how to react to things. We would have a better knowledge of
our own selves and of others. Let’s never forget that even if we know
a lot about ourselves and others, we all continue to remain a mystery
to ourselves. The Holy Spirit will help us cruise through that
mystery.
May it be that discerning the interventions of the Holy
Spirit in our daily life becomes an instinct in us as well as a
working culture all over the world. I know that that may sound like a
pipe dream, but we can always try to do something about it. We just
have to start with our own selves.
We can ask ourselves, how are we dealing with the Holy
Spirit? How can we be more aware of his presence and continuing
promptings in our life? Do we realize that we need a daily plan and
strategy so as to make ourselves most attentive to the promptings of
the Holy Spirit?
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