Proverbs 26 -28
Psalm 18:1-20
Philippians 2
As we ponder on the words found in the Book of Proverbs, we cannot help but wonder where does such wisdom come from? Are these advices all perfect? Some may dismiss many of them yet we realize that the foundation of this teaching is humility and obedience.
These days more than ever, we face so many situations and so many
alternatives; we have to question the various voices that we hear. Do the
promises found in Psalm 18 always hold, is the righteous always rewarded?
Yes, if we trust God’s everlasting goodness, because whatever happens in our
lives cannot separate us from God’s love, this is all that matters.
“Trials dark on ev’ry hand,
And we cannot understand,
All the ways that
God would lead us
To the blessed Promised Land;
But he guides us with his eye
And we’ll follow till we die.
“For we will understand it better
by and by.”
We are called to be imitators of Christ, but chiefly imitators of his
humility. This humility reminds us that we know very little. “Being
found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death,
even death of a cross” (Philippians 2:8.)
This is our calling; this is true wisdom, this is perfect understanding –
again faith and obedience grounded in humility will bring us the crucial answers
even if we must wait and accept ambiguity and paradoxes.
The Venerable J. Fritz Bazin, D. Min.
Archdeacon for Immigration and
Social Justice Ministries
Diocese of Southeast Florida
Psalm 18:1-20
Philippians 2
As we ponder on the words found in the Book of Proverbs, we cannot help but wonder where does such wisdom come from? Are these advices all perfect? Some may dismiss many of them yet we realize that the foundation of this teaching is humility and obedience.
These days more than ever, we face so many situations and so many
alternatives; we have to question the various voices that we hear. Do the
promises found in Psalm 18 always hold, is the righteous always rewarded?
Yes, if we trust God’s everlasting goodness, because whatever happens in our
lives cannot separate us from God’s love, this is all that matters.
“Trials dark on ev’ry hand,
And we cannot understand,
All the ways that
God would lead us
To the blessed Promised Land;
But he guides us with his eye
And we’ll follow till we die.
“For we will understand it better
by and by.”
We are called to be imitators of Christ, but chiefly imitators of his
humility. This humility reminds us that we know very little. “Being
found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death,
even death of a cross” (Philippians 2:8.)
This is our calling; this is true wisdom, this is perfect understanding –
again faith and obedience grounded in humility will bring us the crucial answers
even if we must wait and accept ambiguity and paradoxes.
The Venerable J. Fritz Bazin, D. Min.
Archdeacon for Immigration and
Social Justice Ministries
Diocese of Southeast Florida
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