30/09/2022

God's revelation of himself to Moses "I am who I am" tells us once and for all that God exists. Moses Job and I know that we too exist. The nature of conscious being is to know itself. Job knows that the source of his consciousness is the all powerful other whose actions are witnessed by him each day but cannot come under his control. The irony of Job's interrogator "You must be very old by now?" is definitely the human reason responding to its own thought and so Job is one with the unenlightened Philosophers of Ancient Greece who were similary using human reason to unravell both the physical universe and meaning of human life.

The psalmist is responding to his joy that he is alive. He is one of the lucky ones who has benefitted from God's revelation to Moses and grown in knowledge of the Lord .He knows that God is the all powerful creator. His joy is in the now we can all know in our human time. He does not in this prayer look for anything greater than this moment his heart burst with the joy of life and thanks to his Creator.

Job knows the"after life" as a place of vague shadows. He has no concept of reward and punishment for his life. The response to the psalm "Lead me,O Lord, in the path of life eternal" speaks of "heaven" but is probably a late addition. Jesus is completely forthright. His revelation is the total truth of Father Son and Holy Spirit and he makes it quite clear that  if we reject him and his obedience to the will of the Father then it is Hell that awaits us after death.

Dear Lord we all pray that we may fulfill our lives in accordance with your will; that we avoid evil and shout for joy for the Spirit, upholder and saviour of our being, is always with us. May Mary and all the saints in Eternity help us to build a Great Wall of Faith to protect all the world from the evils of the fallen angels. May trust and belief in Father, Son and Holy Spirit sustain me throughout this day, keeping me and mine from sin.