My very existence is a fact. But how did I come into existence? I realize that I could not have come into existence by my own power. Before coming into existence I realize that I was simply nothing. Someone, then, must have brought me into existence. That someone to me is “GOD”.
In bringing me into existence, God must have a reason. It is in this reason that I must find the meaning to my life.
God, certainly, is the greatest mystery in this world. No human being can ever fully comprehend him. But, somehow, we can get a glimpse of Who He is from what He has created in this world. This whole world is, indeed, a great universe full of creatures with immense powers and capacities. Be that as it is, they all depend for their existence in the creative power of Almighty GOD. Hence, God must be Someone greater than the whole universe – whose being is a MYSTERY beyond any human understanding. However, our Christian Faith, tells us that God has revealed himself thru his own beloved Son, Jesus Christ, who became Man like us, so that we could become like Him a Child of God.
Jesus Christ, during his historical life here on earth, taught us that GOD is our FATHER, that He loves each and everyone of us, and that He has destined us to be with Him forever in His kingdom where there will be everlasting peace and joy.
From these revelations of God Himself, I must find the meaning to my life.
If God is our Father, then as His child I must obey Him by doing whatever He wants me to do. Doing His Will in all circumstances and at all times must be the reason for my existence. This is what Christ Himself taught in the Lord’s Prayer: “Thy Will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
The above reflections actually dwell on what spiritual writers, like Rev. Fr. Horacio de la Costa, SJ, consider to be the most important truth in the world, namely, about God and man. In his homily at a Baccalaureate Mass of the University of the East, Manila, Fr. De la Costa said: “The most important truth in the world is the truth about God and man. Though you should learn all things else, if you fail to learn that, you have learned nothing. For that, and that alone, is what gives value to our knowledge and meaning and direction in our lives. It is the map that tells us what the harbor is to which we must steer our ship across the waters of this life.”
Knowing who I am – one who was nothing but brought into existence by the creative power of God – I realize my complete dependence on God Who created me and continues to sustain my being. I, therefore, have no other reason to exist but to do whatever God wants me to do.
Realizing the greatness of God, His immense power and His infinite goodness and love for all mankind whom He has created, I surrender myself entirely to Him, put all my trust in Him, fully convinced that God, indeed, is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, and with Him everything will turn out well.
by: Salvador 'Buddy' Cagurangan
June 12, 2011
June 12, 2011
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