God's Errand Boy

            “GOD’S ERRAND BOY”.  This is how I see myself in relation to God.

       According to Rev. Fr. Teilhard de Chardin revelation is not “God’s whispering to man who he is “, but “man’s understanding of who he is in relation to God”.

            Applying this viewpoint to myself, I have been asking the question – ‘Who am I in relation to God?’.  Several answers have come to my mind, such as, ‘I am an instrument of God, or God’s method, God’s ambassador, God’s missionary, God’s servant’.  The latest of them is ‘God’s Errand Boy’.

            The present situation at home in my family’s residence have given me this idea.  Since I happen to be the only male in a family of four (all senior citizens), I have often been given the task of doing some ‘errands’ – like, buying newspapers, paying bills (electric, water, telephone, RBC Cable,) withdrawing from Banks with the ATM card, mailing letters, buying LPG, contacting repair servicemen, etc.  With this experience, I have been seeing myself like an “Errand Boy”.

            Hence, when I asked myself – “Who am I in relation to God?”, I thought of looking at myself as God’s Errand Boy.  Since then, everyday I would talk to God and ask Him: “Lord, what is it that You want me to do today?”  In the silence of my heart I would listen to Him, and in most cases, the answer I get is: “Just do the errands given to you by your loved ones in the family.”

          With this in mind, I  would then consider the errands entrusted to me as God’s own errands, and  with such conviction I would perform the task with a happy heart  and thank God for using me.

         With this conviction I am truly encouraged to carry out any task or errand in the best way I can with all the love I can give, all for God, Who deserves  only the best.

by: Buddy Cagurangan

March 22, 2013