Sunday, December 4, 2011

TO SERVE GOD NOW AND FOREVER



               “TO SERVE GOD NOW AND FOREVER”.   This for me is the reason for my existence.

            For quite sometime I have been reflecting on the following questions:

1.    Why did God bring me into existence – from nothingness to who I am?
2.    How long will I be in existence?
3.    What is it that God wants me to do during my existence?

To the first question I believe that the answer is LOVE.     God   created me
 to manifest His love.  I am one of those whom God had decided to create to manifest His infinite Love and Power.

            To the second question I believe that the answer is FOREVER.  GOD has deigned to design me to live with Him forever. 

            To the third question my answer is SERVICE.  I believe that the reason for my existence in this earthly life is to SERVE GOD, and I also believe that after my life here on earth I shall continue to SERVE GOD in whatever way He pleases.

            Since SERVICE is the reason for my existence, the question I asked myself is: “When and how should I serve?”   My answer is NOW.  The past has been a series of NOWS and the future shall also be a series of NOWS.  Hence, the present – NOW – is the time to serve God in the best way I can and with all the love I can give.

            The present moment – NOW – is,  therefore,  of utmost importance.  Whatever I do NOW cannot be repeated  - it becomes a part of history.  The NOWS that will come after the Present Moment – will also become the NOWS that will challenge me on what to do.

            What to do NOW depends on the situation I am in.  It is said that love cannot be done in a vacuum – it has to be done in a concrete situation.   And one’s situation keeps on changing every moment; for as President Obama has said: “One does not step on the same river twice.”  Hence, in every moment of my life I have to ask myself: What is it that God wants me to do NOW under the present circumstances.  Foremost in my mind should be what I believe is most pleasing to God or what is His Holy Will.  This for me is the SERVICE which I have to render to God through all those He sends my way day in and day out.   This is the REASON for my EXISTENCE.

By: Buddy Cagurangan 
December 4, 2011

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