Stay awake

Advent is the time of waiting for the coming of the Lord, they will probably talk everywhere about the need to prepare, cleanse, take part in a retreat, because it is a special time, etc. And today I would like to approach this word that gives the Church as normal, as usual on Sunday.

First, God makes a promise. The promise that he will be with us because he will “raise a descendant to David,” in whose name we will be safe. The world is not safe today. Everyone can see that what is happening in the world today does not give a sense of security. Conflicts, tensions, acts of terror and natural disasters scare us. Anyway, my life or yours, especially in this country, has many reasons to feel insecure. We still think about something, we worry about something and we strive for something. These are prosaic concerns: that I would have enough food, where to sleep, what to wear, things to be strive for. We cannot imagine a sudden loss of it all. We cannot imagine and do not want not to have a roof over our heads, not to have anything to eat. We are afraid of this. We fear tomorrow and sometimes this fear is quite right.

And Jesus wants to get into it all, into all this fear, anxiety and fear of tomorrow. I think he wants to say to me and you: I AM, I will not leave you! “Get in the spirit and raise your head because your redemption is near!”

And I think this is the most important thing in Advent, to remember that in everything that happens to me in my life. In everything that scares me, He wants to be there. Well, he is there. The question is, do I want to see Him?

Fear is the devil’s tool, and it is the only tool he has. Jesus, prince of peace, Eternal Love, comes and wants to say, “do not be afraid”, I AM.

Secondly, Advent is always associated with some resolutions such as: I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, I don’t eat chocolate. I think that this is not the point, but that “watch and pray at all times”. To have a heart free from worries, gluttony and drunkenness. And it is not so much about asceticism, although I do not deny it, I support it and it is helpful in all of this, but about being here and now.

I think each of us has a problem with being here and now at any time. Our thoughts are still floating in the clouds. Sometimes they are worldly concerns, sometimes they are silly dreams, thoughts that are more like “what if” if I was there, if I said it, if I were this and that, and so on. We love to eat and get drunk with such thoughts. Often thanks to this, we create some imaginary worlds of our own or someone else’s. As a result, we fall into delight, or into breakdowns or depressions, because we get so excited about these worries. Consequently, instead of being sober, we are drunk and eaten so much that we often overlook and forget about God in all this. We put ourselves, our cares, dreams, thoughts instead of God in the center, thus losing our freedom. Consequently choking on myself.

And Jesus wants to say, leave it all to me. I mean, be free, you don’t have to worry about it because I will take care of you just as I care for birds and flowers. I AM with you, turn your thoughts to me. Put Me first. I am beyond your cares, and supposing is not real! Be real, be alive, that is, be here and now, because you may overlook me. You may miss my coming because you will be busy with anxiety or drinking and eating something that does not exist.

Really God is easy to overlook this way. That is why it is worth trying to be here and now and remembering His presence in my life. HE IS all the time with me, in me, and does not think to go away. Do I want to see Him? Do I want to be focused on His presence or on what I miss, what I would like? Or maybe while dreaming and rocking in the clouds? Watch Jałoszyński and you, dear readers, for He is. The question is, are we ready to see Him?

Take courage!

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