Proverbs 24: 1-22: Morning, Noon and Night
Saturday, August 13, 2022
We are much more than the finite beings we imagine ourselves to be. We are infinite. When we allow ourselves to rely on God, when we imitate Christ as best we can and when we enter in the Spirit with other like-minded people . . . we open ourselves to the possibility that we might attain our divinity through Christ. In today’s Noontime we hear words that echo through Jesus’ words and Paul’s letters: The Gospel story is about inversion. We become our best selves not by struggling to become so, but by struggling to empty ourselves in order that Christ might take us over. This surrender is at the core of our happiness. It is the root of serenity.
We see the message again of the plaint against those who plot evil and yet seem to succeed. We are to witness to all that is unjust, unholy, unhopeful and unloving, let God know of our grief, and wait in the Lord for God alone can handle the intricate plots of darkness. Psalm 55 is the perfect prayer to intone when we wait for the darkness to lift and our Spirit to rise.
I will call upon God, and the Lord will save me. At dusk, dawn, and noon I will grieve and complain, and my prayer will be heard. God will give me freedom and peace from those who war against me, though there are many who oppose me.
Of course we become inpatient with God when we do not hear the answer we want to hear at the time we were hoping to hear it. When things are dark around us, it is so difficult to see God moving in our lives; yet if we are able to work in God’s way, we will see that there is a plan and that all things will turn to the good when we turn to God. And so we might look at later verses in this psalm.
Cast your care upon the Lord, who will give you support. God will never allow the righteous to stumble.
In truth, we have nothing to fear when we are close to God. Physical pain, mental anguish, spiritual sufferings are all supplanted by peace when we witness and wait in the Lord. And God is always abiding even when we believe we do not feel God’s presence. In the morning . . . at the noontime . . . and even in the night of our lives.
Adapted from a reflection written on September 2, 2009.
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