There are circumstances in our lives that are mysterious and some remain to be a mystery.
Whenever we are not able to explain what happened we always make the alibi that it is the Will of God or it’s not according to the Will of God.
Do we ever ask ourselves why God allowed this to happen but didn’t allow the other thing? Do we ask for Wisdom from the Holy Spirit to enlighten us? Or do we just simply shrug our shoulders and let it be?
When we encounter people who are so anxious about a particular situation and we can’t explain to them the real score, we just say “There is always a reason behind it.”
I can categorically say that it was according to God’s plan that last Friday, Police Brig. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. took over the helm as the new Regional Director of the National Capital Region Police Office despite the hindrances put up by a scrupulous individual.
During the turnover ceremony led by no less than Philippine National Police Director General Benjamin Acorda Jr., one could feel the joy shared by the officers of the PNP, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, media, and the local folks, with everyone seemingly saying, “This is it!”
So we can see that at every moment of our lives, God’s Will and God’s Plan still prevail.
Sometimes God allows things to happen to teach us, to show us, to correct us to improve our lives.
Through our life’s circumstances, we receive assurances of God’s ever-present and ever-enduring love, which He has manifested perfectly in His Son, and through what He has done for us.
Now, are we then going to heed the Lord’s call to us, calling us all to follow Him as we hear Him saying, “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest”?
Through these words, all of us are reminded that, first of all, it is in God alone that we have true hope of redemption and liberation from all our troubles and trials, from the bondage we have to sin. Through Christ alone, there is hope for salvation and eternal life, as we all should realize.
That is why we all should follow Him and commit ourselves to Him, so that in everything that we say and do, we will always obey the Lord and do what we have been called and tasked to do, as Christians, as those who believe in the Lord, in His salvation and in His Passion, Death and Resurrection, by which He has redeemed the world.
We are all Christ’s witnesses in this world, the ones who should be proclaiming His truth and Good News. However, just as the Lord Himself said, His yoke is light, which means that following Him will likely require sacrifice and effort, that we should not think that being Christians means that we will have an easy and good life ahead of us.
There will definitely be challenges and obstacles facing us, but what matters is that we must realize how God is journeying with us and is with us in these struggles of life. Thus, we should always keep our faith in Him and trust in Him, remembering the salvation and help that He has provided to us, His faithfulness to the Covenant, and the promises that He has made for us — that He gave us all His only begotten Son to suffer and die for our sake, that by His death all of us may be saved and have life in us.