Living in Faith - See the Lord at work and Sing of God's love!

Advent 2024: A Pilgrimage of Hope towards Peace with Joy, in Faith – the Fulfillment of the Journey!

Fourth Tuesday in Advent - December 24, 2024

2 Samuel 7: 1-5, 8-12, 14, 16; Luke 1: 67-79

Living in Faith – is certainly acting on behalf of the Lord, but before all that, it is acknowledging the work of the Lord. The essential difference today among the two kinds of homo faber in the world is precisely this – the one which think he or she is the sole cause all that one makes, and the other kind which knows well that all that one is able to do, comes from the Ultimate Doer, the cause of everything – the Almighty Creator. The sad fact is that the former kind keeps outnumbering the latter.

David, in spite of all the weaknesses and shortfalls and the eventual mercies received from the Lord, still forgets this fact and thinks he has to do something for God! How erroneous of us too – many a time, we think we have to defend God, protect God, debate for God, win arguments for God and prove God to the world! Who are we? The Lord’s glories speak for themselves. The mighty works of God sing out the glories of the Lord.

Living our faith, on our part, would only mean that we acknowledge these works of the Lord, in our daily life, and sing of the love of God, forever. The Lord has made us His promises and those promises would always stand! And in fact, we stand on those promises. We would do good, not to pretend that we are accomplishing great things for God, but indeed the Lord is accomplishing mighty things for us and through us. That is what Zechariah sings of today – the Lord remembers his holy covenant and shows mercy through the ages!

The Morning Star, the Rising Sun of justice, makes us see this fact! Let us resolve to see the Lord at work and sing of God’s love forever! For his is the power, the glory and honour forever! Amen.