May 12, 2009

Gospel Reading for Today: John 14:27-31a)

And now I have told you this before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe.

It is usually hard to believe something before it happens. And yet how come more people are going to have their fortunes read, refer to their daily horoscopes to have a peek on what's in store for them in the future. And even in ordinary experience, don't we like to know the "ending" of the story before we even want to watch it? Don't we try to peek at the end page of the book when we can't wait anymore on how the story will unfold? Somehow, we just have to know what's in store for us in the end.

And yet, how come after knowing this, we still feel restless? Is it restlessness borne from unbelief? Will it really happen? Until it happens, it is really hard for us to believe that it will. No amount of reassurance and even knowledge of the future will arrest our restlessness. As St. Augustine said, "our hearts are restless until we rest in Him."

But there is a reason for knowing the future, for knowing our ultimate destiny, the plan of God for our salvation...there is a reason to know that in the end, God planned for us a life with him. And the reason is that so will believe that indeed he has kept his promise when it finally happen. All along we keep this promise close to our hearts that God will fulfill his plan for us and it's just a matter of time when he will. We are being invited then to just trust God. Trust him unconditionally that what he has revealed he will fulfill in His time.

Are you keeping a promise from God?

How are you treasuring this promise?

Do you trust him unconditionally that in His time he will fulfill it?