God's Choice

When it came time to find Judas' replacement, the Apostles had two candidates from which to choose.  The decided to let God make the choice and by lot Matthias emerged as his choice. In making important decisions in our own lives, how often do we let God have any input, let alone actually make the choice?  We tend to play CEO and Board of Directors, and do the choosing ourselves.  Would it hurt to take a moment to ask God for help? To listen to or watch for some indication from outside of ourselves, from God himself, as to what our decision should be?  We tend to forget that God is present and active in our lives, even to the "little things."  We need to leave a chair in our boardroom open for him.  We call on him when someone is sick, or in some dire situation, but God is there all the time, for anything.  St. Marcellin stressed the practice of the "presence of God" so that we would get used to the idea that any circumstance, any need might be addressed in light of his all-inclusive and inexhaustible love.  Not to include him is somewhat of an insult or affront to his desire to be All in all for us.  May we humbly begin today to welcome him into our big choices as well as into our world of little things.  His delight is to be with us and DO for us.  Let us not deny him..
Bro. Rene