“Teach me to do your will, for you are my God” (Psalm 142)
We live our modern lives in a world that moves so fast, sometimes we feel we are watching our lives instead of living them.
We believe we have some control, but the control we have is seemingly minor. We decide whether we brush our teeth in the morning or if we eat breakfast, but we do not decide when we wake up. Our alarm clock does! The obligations of our lives decide the reality of how much sleep we get.
We are so taken up sometimes in activities we wonder how we continue to function.
Ralph Burhoe in Toward a Scientific Theology tells us that there is a purpose and meaning to life which is far greater than our individual desires and pursuits. We are, he says, part of a symbiotic development of cultural and societal systems that are mutually beneficial.
Some call this greater purpose and meaning God’s plan. Some even call the symbiotic process God. We are as much a part of God as God is of us, and God’s will is as integral to our will as we are to God’s will.
This symbiotic relationship in which we exist is the will of which the Psalmist was singing. How do we honor God’s will in our lives? Do we listen for the Divine will to lead us to the purpose and meaning for which we are meant as human beings?
Have you ever felt that something is guiding your life—giving you a sense of meaning and purpose that you did not plan?
“Teach me to do your will, for you are my God” (Psalm 142)
See you in church,
Pastor Lillie