ARE YOU TOO BUSY?
A husband and wife were arguing about which was the better sex.
The man turned to the Bible to settle the issue. “Man is better because man was
created first. You only come second,” he asserted. The woman countered, “After
creating man, God looked at what He has created and said, ‘Hmmm, I can do
better than that.’” End of argument.
In today’s First Reading, we
read this line: “By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been
doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the
seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of
creating that he had done.”
God rested. Does that mean He
was exhausted after all that work of creation? Does that mean He consumed too
much kinetic energy that He needed to recharge? Of course not. Remember what I
said in yesterday’s reflection? The creation story of Genesis is not a
scientific account of the story of creation but a theological one.
God’s rest is a description
of utter delight and satisfaction for the beauty of His creation. Out of all
that He created, man and woman are the most special. Only they were created in
His image and likeness. That is why today’s Responsorial Psalm cries out, “What
is man that you should be mindful of him? You have made him little less than a
god, with glory and honor you surrounded him, put all things under his feet.”
God’s rest is also a
description of God’s intention for man to be in communion with Him. That is
why, later on, He would command the Sabbath day to be holy, a day dedicated
solely for God and man’s communion. God “rests” from all activity on the
seventh day, to be in communion with man. Can we rest also from all activity,
to set aside Sunday as our exclusive time with Him? The devil doesn’t want
this. I once saw BUSY described as Being Under Satan’s Yoke. Are you chained by such a yoke? Fr. Joel Jason
REFLECTION QUESTION: Why not get busy too in the things of God?
Chuck Baker said, “If you get busy serving God, you’re too busy to sin.”
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