God's ways are not our ways


GOD’S WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAYS

Cl. Mario D’Couto sdb

          It is interesting to find that sometimes in life, God works in ways that none of us would have imagined. For example if Yahweh Himself could choose a person as King like Saul who would eventually become a disaster morally speaking, no one need be surprised if Bishops or priests who do not have all the prerequisites for sound leadership are chosen by higher authority. The permissive will of God is inscrutable since we now hardly at all the reason for such permissions – such as Jesus choosing Judas. It is also surprising to see that God does not go for those who are already strong to do His work. Perhaps in our time, we could interpret that the Lord calls ordinary people to carry out His command and there are numerous instances that we can give as examples to substantiate this point like God choosing Abel, Jacob, David. All of them were the younger ones and perhaps as we would say the ‘naughty’ ones too. Yet the Lord calls such people. Who would ever think that a fisherman would one day come to be known as the Rock on which Christ’s Church would be built! Who would ever think that the person who sought the destruction of the Church would one day eventually be one of its strong supporters and advocate of God’s Word! We never know. Yet the point is that the Lord calls each of us to share in His love and if we are attuned to the voice of God, we will be able to find out that there will be many ways in which the good Lord has worked in our lives, in a way which we perhaps may have not even thought of. Thus, it is important to take heart especially during those times when things do not go our way. Who knows perhaps it is a miracle in disguise!

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