My Word Will Not Pass Away

I am sitting on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, where Jesus sat on the Mt. of Olives, opposite the Temple he said: “After the tribulation, the Sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light and the stars will fall, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.”

This is a frightening scene – Sun, Moon and stars falling down.

But this is happening all the time. Everything is always falling apart – moving from order to disorder. It is a law of physics called entropy – that all things move from order toward disorder. And no matter how much energy you put in things don’t stay in order. You heat your coffee and it cools; we fall out of shape faster than it takes to get in shape; we clean the house and it gets messy; and no matter how close we watch our professions or kids – they tend to get out of control.

This is what leads us to our deepest sin - Pride – the desire to control everything.

The beginning of all sin, of all anger, worry and despair is pride – that is – the disordered desire for control.

We think that if we work hard enough, see far enough ahead, have power over people, or just don’t take any risks, then we can keep all things under control.

This is an illusion. Only the past is set. The number of variables in the future is infinite. Disorder is waiting around the corner at every step. Most of it is beyond your control.

So either there is a Power that can make all disorder contribute to a providential plan for good or every human project and the whole world is ultimately doomed.

Therefore we have three options:

a.  Try harder to control everything and everyone.

b.  Despair and give up

c.   Do what you can and entrust the rest to God your Father who orders all things for good.

Jesus is the only One who can order all things in the universe to a good conclusion.

God allows entropy, he allows everything to tend to disorder to save us from pride – from the illusion of control.

Jesus wants to teach us humility. So, use the gifts God has given you: pray, think, take action and be responsible.

And trust that God your Father will take care of everything else.