Let God Be God

            “LET GOD BE GOD IN YOUR LIFE.”  This is the answer to the query on how God can truly reign in me which I asked myself during my ‘quiet time’.  In my honest search for the answer, I was enlightened by a statement from the ANAWIM WAY Booklet which reads: “The crucial question is whether we will let go of our self-sufficiency and actually let God have His way with us.” 

            After a deeper reflection on the statement, it dawned on me that this means a complete surrender of myself to God and let Him do with me as He pleases.  This, I believe, is the attitude that our Lord Jesus Christ meant when He said: “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls unto the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” (John 12:24)

            Many times as I played on the organ ‘LOSE YOURSELF IN ME AND YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF’.   I contemplate on the wonderful phenomenon of how a seed when buried in a ground disappears but allows a seedling to sprout in its place.  In a similar way this must be the way I should bury all the desires of my selfish nature and let God handle my life as He pleases.

            My very existence is, indeed, a Gift from God.  I believe it is a GIFT OF LIFE THAT IS EVERLASTING.  Only God knows how this LIFE should be spent in accordance with His infinite WISDOM.  With this gift of Life is also the gift of Freedom which He bestows on every person.  His plan could be thwarted by a person as he abuses his gift of freedom.  Herein lies the mystery of evil that is present in this world.  God, however, is in control of His creation, and despite all the evil in this world everything will turn out well for good for those who love God.

            A review of my past life made me realize that there were times when my selfish desires outweighed what should have been in accordance with God’s will.  These I now accept were caused by the evil of ‘concupiscence’ which, they say, afflicts everyman in this world.  By the Grace of God, however, I have come to be more and more attuned to the dictates of my conscience.  After experiencing a personal encounter with Christ, I have decided to really follow Him, considering Him truly as God, my Savior.

            During my daily visits to the Blessed Sacrament where JESUS is present whole and entire, I have been realizing more and more deeply my ‘nothingness’ and complete dependence on God for everything that I am and have.  Hence, for this wonderful Gift of God to me, I can think of no other better way to show my gratitude than to simply put myself completely at His disposal and let Him do with me as He pleases.  In this way I simply LET GOD BE GOD IN MY LIFE.

by: Buddy Cagurangan

August 31, 2013