GOD IN ACTION NOW

“GOD IS IN ACTION NOW”.  This thought has been lingering in my mind for the past few days.

I used to think of God as someone up in the heavens looking at His creation.  Yes,  the whole world is His creation and everything depends on His creative power, so that nothing can even exist without His almighty power.  When this world began and when it will end is still a great mystery  that has puzzled mankind since time immemorial.

It dawned on me, however, that God must be very much alive – not dead,  as some atheists allege.  If He is alive, being all-knowing and all-powerful, then somehow He must be involved in whatever is happening in the world. 

In a previous article that I wrote I dwelt on the mystery of man being a TEMPLE OF GOD.   St. Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians (1Cor.3:16) said: “Are you not aware that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?  If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him.  For the temple of God is holy, and you are that temple.”

If the Spirit of God dwells in me, then somehow  He must be present in me right now and knows whatever I am doing.  This consciousness of God’s presence in me makes me realize that, indeed, God is in action here and now through me.

The mystery of CREATION – Why God created the world, How He created it,  and What is its destiny- is, I believe, beyond human understanding.  For me, however, the bottom line for man’s joy in his existence is GOD’S PRESENCE.  Man’s life may have several stages – a preparatory stage of life on earth – a cleansing stage in a place called ‘purgatory’ -  a glorious stage in a place called ‘heaven’.  In all these stages, however, what really matters is GOD’S PRESENCE. 

For me, therefore, in whatever stage of life I may be, I must be in peace, because God is with me.  And because God is with me, I must put myself completely at His disposal and allow Him to use me as He pleases.  

The challenge for me now, is to be ever mindful of God’s Presence in me and hence to do everything that I do in conformity with His Holy Will, using all the talents He has given me in the best way I can and with all the love that I can give.

By: Buddy Cagurangan 

November 20, 2011