Written for 'Aroma' (KWS-Delhi Monthly Magazine) two years ago
As we walk along life’s path, every bend in the road, brings us to new sights, new people and new encounters. God has a marvelous way of making use of each and every of these elements to teach us new lessons. This seems to indicate that no objects, incidents or mortal escaped His surveillance. This is reasonable if we take into consideration the fact that every thing was created at His bidding and for His purpose. Now and again we realized too late the warning signs or fail to understand representational meaning that are relative to our problems that could well have become the solutions. Very often the pending messages are due to either our over-estimation of selves or under estimation of the chosen messenger. Perhaps it may be that it takes time and experiences to Master His mysterious ways of communicating to us.
Allow me to substantiate my argument through my life size experiential reality. The topic in one of our Sunday school class was on the subject ‘prayer’. Accordingly the students were asked to narrate the manner in which they conduct their daily prayer. One boy statement was extremely funny. He said that he prays regularly three times a day, but never realize what he actually says. I muse over the event for a long time and recount the incident to every one who could lend me a ear. I never realized the impact it was to have upon my life at a later stage.
Depression appears to be an indispensable stage in every student’s career history and I am not spared of it. In one such forethought, I was contemplating over the enigma of life and my struggles that have every chances of becoming futile; giving it all up stands out as an appealing option. It was then that the episode about the small boy resurfaces to my mind. Frequently, I get worried about matters of daily existence and problems that are beyond me. In this way I undermine the faithfulness of God that He who had delivered me in the past was capable of doing the same or still greater things in the future. My fickle minded attitude reminds me of the Israelites persistent complains to Moses even as they were the fortunate witness to the raw and spontaneous mighty works of God.
1 king 8; 56 says
Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
This verse testifies the consistency of God in carrying out His promises to the Israelites through His servant Moses. Still it fails to seep into the consciousness of the people because they had taken events and phenomena’s around them for granted. They hardened their heart and wits against God. Perhaps they did not take the time to sit down and ponder upon the words and works of God, which they consider to be the duty of prophets and priests.
Coming back to the present, I liken my situation to that of the Israelites in Moses time and in a way the boy who did not realize his petition to God. On my part I did not fully realize (and will never really be able to really comprehend) the greatness of the God I was worshipping. He is the powerful force behind the movement of the universe, the beginning and the end (alpha and omega), the merciful God whose astuteness is unsearchable; in sort He is the only one in the history of mankind who could blends the unique combination of meekness and majesty. Every new day is a blessing because they are chances to reconcile and learn more of His Greatness. A special recipe for those of you, who are having their pre- exam blues, is to take time to reflect on the enormity of the God you are praying to. May God grant you success in all your endeavors!
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