Muscular Christianity

Some of us have this need to feel that we must energetically profess our faith. Fr Alan said this could be a sign of insecurity and our faith is not concrete, as in solid. 

I tend to agree with Fr Alan. I think there was a time when I used to be so loud about my Christian faith and I felt that I had to push my Christian faith down someone's throat and as I matured I felt that if people could not see Jesus in me, in the way I love others, going that extra mile for others, then what was the point of shouting about it.

Some of us are so insecure and have a need to be in control and push God out of our lives. We have to try harder to go up our career ladders and turning our careers into our idols. Some of us do not trust God to provide for us and have a need to invest in securities because we are not secure in our relationship with God. Some of us feel the need to sit on the driver's seat and take control and this again is because we want to play god.

So, to sit back to wait on God comes with maturity in faith. When we can see in our lives that God has already got a plan for us, all we have to do is to sit back, do nothing and put all our trust in God.

In this morning's first long reading of the Office, the responsory really touched me. "Blessed are those who wait for him [Our Lord]; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength."

The question is am I able to wait for the Lord in quietness and in trust?  Do I feel the need always to be doing something?

So let us pray we are all filled with the Spirit of God, able to put all our trust in our God, knowing and tasting his love for us and knowing that GOD will not give poison to his children.

Amen.