SEE THE WORLD with GOD’S EYES

“SEE THE WORLD with GOD’S EYES”. This is how I now try to practice the virtue of FAITH. I have come to make this my way of exercising Faith in God after reflecting on some readings on Faith.

In the Holy Bible it is said that “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Heb. 11:1)

In the Catechism for Filipino Catholics it is said that ”The central focus of religious Faith is God.”

Pope Paul VI says: “Faith in God is the most powerful safeguard of the human conscience and is the solid foundation of those relationships of justice and brotherhood the world yearns for.”

The statements above have made me realize that Faith is the Basic Foundation of my relationship with God, for as the Letter to the Hebrews says:”Without faith it is impossible to please God; for he who comes to God must believe that He is.” (Heb. 11:6).

To believe in God is axiomatic or taken for granted. How to practice this Faith in God, however, is something that challenges one’s conviction as he goes about in the activities of his daily life.

For quite some time I have been asking myself “How can I know what God wants me to do here and now?” I do not, of course, expect God to speak to me in the way we human beings communicate with each other. But somehow there must be a way of knowing God’s Holy Will. In the Lord’s Prayer taught by our Jesus Christ Himself we pray: “Thy Will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” So, how can we do His Will if we do not know it?

Our daily life is full of activities. Most of them are routine. We eat, work, play, exercise, sleep, etc. We take it for granted that these are what God wants us to do. But from whose perspective do we do them?

In my past life I must admit that most often I have lived a life as I saw it from my own viewpoint, considering what I think is for my own good or advantage. Lately, however, after some deep reflection on the reality of a God Who is All Knowing, All Powerful, and All Loving, I got an insight on how I could simplify my way of practicing the virtue of Faith by trying to SEE THE WORLD WITH GOD’S EYES.

I am just beginning to make this my way of living my Faith. It is certainly humanly impossible for me to see things as God sees them, but with the grace of God I do hope that somehow I will be enlightened and be enabled to see this world through a DIVINE PERSPECTIVE.

by: Salvador 'Buddy' Cagurangan
Feb. 13, 2011