“LIVE
FOR AND WITH GOD.” This is the insight
that came to me as I was pondering on the reason for my existence.
My
existence is, indeed, a Gift from God.
From a state of nothingness I became a human being when God in His
infinite Goodness endowed on me the Gift of Life. This life, I believe, is everlasting; for it is without end. I will continue to exist even after death
here on earth in a state of life which is everlasting.
Since
my life is a gift from God, I continually ask myself the question: “How shall I
use this gift?”
First
of all, since it is a GIFT from a Supreme Being to whom I owe my very existence, then it is but logical that I should use this
Gift as He pleases. Hence, everything I do should be FOR HIM and not for
myself. In other words, His Will should always be paramount in
everything I do and should never be replaced by something that runs counter to
His design, no matter how noble it may be.
This for me is a daily challenge as I go thru the various activities of
life here on earth. It demands a
constant consciousness that whatever I do is really FOR GOD and not for myself.
Secondly,
I have to acknowledge my powerlessness in doing anything, since all power comes from God and without Him
I can do nothing. Hence, in
doing anything for God I have to depend on the graces He gives that enables me
to do it. I, therefore, have to pray always for God’s help, so that WITH
HIM I could do whatever pleases Him.
For the past few days I have been striving to ‘Live For
and With God’. It dawned on me that
this, I believe, is what I shall do for all eternity. God, in His infinite Wisdom, has created me
so that I could serve Him for all eternity in accordance with His DESIGN. My joy, then, is simply to surrender
myself entirely to HIS HOLY WILL, so He can use me as
He pleases for HIS GREATER GLORY.
Everyday that I encounter the Lord JESUS CHRIST in the
Blessed Sacrament at the Adoration Chapel, I pray: “Lord, here I am, I come to do Your Will.” I then place myself at His disposal, so that throughout
the day I am enabled to LIVE FOR AND WITH GOD.
by: Buddy Cagurangan
August 11, 2013
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