THE WORD IN ADVENT
December 14, 2020: 3rd Monday in Advent
Numbers 24: 2-7, 15-17a; Matthew 21:23-27
In all ages and times there have been people who make of religion, a fairy tale or a horror story! The recent times have seen bands and bands of such people, writing, preaching, proclaiming and shouting at the top of their voice about signs and events, mysteries and milestones...all exciting but so shallow and Un-Christ-ian! Specially in the pandemic times, the reactions of the so-called people at the helm of Christian communities, have been so much challenged and many a times wanting! However leaving those responses aside, we can reflect on the stimulus that calls for that response!
It is not for us to know the time and the hour...but the call is to be prepared and alert, watching and praying constantly, that we may never miss when the Lord visits us. The Lord visiting us is not an extraordinay event...it happens regularly and daily...provided we are ready and willing to behold that visit.
That visit is not something about which we would shudder and shiver, if we live our every moment according to the will of the One who has commissioned us. If we are true and honest about our experience with God, we would find God and Godly signs and God's call to act, every moment of our lives! It is all around us... in faces that surround us, in events that envelope us, in experiences that beckon our choice and in persons who challenge our priorities.
That visit is not something waiting to happen....no it is something that is waiting to be beheld, because it is already and constantly happening. All that we need to do is open our eyes, ears and above all our hearts, to observe and behold that presence of the Lord. Let us be convinced of the fact that the Lord is present in our days, living with us, walking beside us all the way! And let this be our prayer that we may never miss the Lord who visits us: Lord teach us your ways!