Most people have experienced sometime in
their lives, that whenever things are going really well, all of the sudden they
give a 360 degree turn and become sour or disappointing. When we least expected
it and have taken things as done, they dismantle without any apparent reason
leaving us perplexed and depressed.
WHY THIS
HAPPENS
There are four reasons why things go
unexpectedly wrong, even though we have done things properly and failure should
not be a logical consequence of our actions:
1 – A FALLEN
WORLD:
When God said to Adam :
“Cursed is
the ground because of you; … thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you” (Gn 3:17-18
)
In a world like ours, separated from the
Glory of God, our efforts will not always attain its final purpose. We will
toil, and instead of fruit, thorns will sprout.
2 – EVIL
WILLS:
Some other times the deliberate actions of
evil people can interfere with our plans, causing them to fail in an unexpected
manner.
This can be seen in institutionalised
corruption, robbery, deceit, envy and all other negative influences from
outside entities, personal or institutional that deliberately takes away from
us the rightful reward of our efforts.
An example of this is the case of Naboth’s
vineyard (1Kg 21:1-16)
3 – THE
DEVIL’s OWN:
There are also the invisible evil actions of
the Devil that may interfere in a direct manner to spoil our projects with the
intention to undermine our Faith, our commitment to God and to finally fall
into apostasy.
Sometimes Satan is allowed to test us, with
God’s permission to strengthen our faith and build our character. This can be
seen in unexpected and unwarranted disgraces, revoked decisions on our favour,
sudden unexplained illness, etc.
The case of Job is a good example of this (Jb
1:8-12)(1Th 2:18)
4 – GOD’s
WILL
Finally, in some other cases, it is the
express will of God which stops us from attaining what we intended. We may
think some decision is correct and proceed on a plan, but God, for our own
good, or the good of others, and sometimes as punishment, stops deliberately
things to go as plan.
An example of this is found in the parable of
the Rich Fool (Lk 12:16-21)
WHAT TO
DO
1 - In all of these cases, we must stop for a
moment and analyse carefully if we have not committed a mistake that could have
been avoided and that it may have caused the failure.
2 - After personal human error has been
discarded, we can expect any of these four reasons already mentioned to be in
play or a combination of them.
In all of these cases, we must come to God in
prayer and ask for his Mercy and Grace and his Protection. God wants us to come
to Him. He is waiting and devil or not,
the purpose of the Tests is to bring you closer to God, so do it, do not wait,
do not keep submerged in worry and distance yourself from God; that is what the
devil wants. He wants you to fail, make him fail doing what he doesn’t want you
to do, which is to seek refuge in our Heavenly Father.
3 – After praying and asking God for
protection and assistance, go to Confession and ask Absolution from your local
Minister, and take Holy Communion, sanctify your body and soul, and offered to
God all your works and plans.
4 – If the means allow it, try again,
planning carefully all the steps to follow,
5 – Finally, be patient. Whether you give it another go or you can’t
because your means have exhausted, your means will replenish again, your
strength, your imagination, your finances, and every things that you need.
All Tests have a start, a peak and an end.
You just have to pass it, like a sea wave, and come out upright to the other
side.
Once this cycle has passed, the devil is
ordered away from you and the over abounding Grace of God will cover you
generously again.
Omar Flores
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