Our need for God

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“ND they came to Capernaum looking for Jesus.” ( Jn 6, 24) The gospel talks about how the people were so impressed with what they saw and heard from Christ that they were always looking for him. It seemed like they couldn’t help but be attracted to him.

This episode points to a basic truth about ourselves, and that is that we actually have a natural longing for God, though such longing can be thwarted by a number of reasons. to religion; finally, that attitude of

This i s how the Catechism sinful man which makes him hide explains this point. “The desire for from God out of rear and flee his God is written in the human heart, call.” (29) because man is created by God and We have to see to it that this for God; and God never ceases to natural longing for God is always draw man to himself. Only in God protected, developed and pursued will he find the truth and happiness all the way to its last consequences. he never stops searching for.” (27) We should always feel the necessity

As to how such natural desire for God, an abiding hunger and thirst for God can be thwarted, the for God. Catechism says: “But this ‘intimate We have to realize that we need and vital bond of man to God’ can him always, that we need to refer be forgotten, overlooked, or even everything that we are, that we explicitly rejected by man. Such have, that we do — from our most attitudes can have different causes: private and hidden thoughts, desires, revolt against evil in the world; intentions to our most overt and big religious ignorance or indifference; actions — to him. the cares and riches of this world; the We need to realize that everything scandal of bad example on the part of has to begin and end with him. He believers; currents of thought hostile should be the inspiration and the purpose, as well as the pattern and the way from the start to the end of things. He is the very author of everything in reality, the creator of the nature of each creature, be it living or inert, etc.

We need to see to it that we develop a real hunger and thirst for God to such an extent that we would really feel the corresponding urges. Our yearning for God should not just be a spiritual or intellectual affair.

It has to be felt, like we do when we hunger for food and thirst for water. It should filter down to our senses that would involve the corresponding organs of our body. Otherwise, that hunger and thirst for God will not last long, let alone, something that is of the abiding kind.

Our relationship with God would be compromised if we only manage to give some appearance of piety which many people have become good at. And nowadays, with all the many alluring distractions, it is imperative that our relationship with God is really strong. Our hunger and thirst for God should dominate all the other desires and yearnings we have in life.

It would be good if we can find ways to develop a deeply felt hunger and thirst for God. This, for sure, will not compromise our humanity, our naturalness, etc. On the contrary, it will purify, enrich and elevate our humanity to the supernatural life of God that is meant for us.

Yes, we are meant for God. We are nothing when we are not with God!/