A priest walking through a garden was amazed to see several devils sleeping under a tree. Out of his curiosity he woke one of the devils and asked, "Why are you so free, just sleeping under the tree? The devil replied that they were jobless for almost all their work had been overtaken by the people here. "We have simply become redundant. The humans can be left alone; we need not rouse hatred, feelings of anger, envy and greed among them and to make them lustful and revengeful. They have proven themselves to be much better than us in these areas. I suppose they have acquired PhDs in these areas and therefore we are just useless. However, for you there are abundant, difficult and challenging work to do. Go and see if you can free the world from sin which is growing in leaps and bounds maybe then we can start work again." they said
Reflecting this story with Psalm 50 gives me further insights on how we are to work towards overcoming sin in our life, sin in the world today. The psalmist of psalm 50 is in his wisdom able to recognize the situation of sin he is in, he owns them, seeks pardon and therefore is able to free himself and live again.
However, we and many others might be treading into the depths of sin without even realizing or being fooled by the lures of the world. To make matters worse we are simply justifying our sin and continue living as though nothing has happened. By doing so we are not only drowning ourselves but also blinded by our sin resulting in us being feeling alienated from God loosing our inner freedom. We are becoming responsible for leading others to this sinful way of living.
Today as we pray this psalm, let us pray for the Grace of God, for the power of the Holy Spirit to open our minds and hearts to help us see the reality we are in, and then to give us the courage to own the responsibility for these sins and then the humility to seek reconciliation with God. At the same time we also pray the Good Lord will use us to bring this awareness to the people we are called to minister to. Together we will be able to experience the peace, love, joy and tranquility of the Kingdom of God here on earth.
Indeed you love truth in the heart
Then in the secret of my heart teach me wisdom
Give me again the joy of your help,
With a spirit of fervour sustain me.
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Stay tuned for the next post by Bro Cornelius Ching on 29th Oct 2009.
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