Our Calling

Then Abraham removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre,

which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord. (Gen.13, 18)

The Altar, built by Abraham, has a very special meaning. He had already walked through the whole Holy land, and when he reached Hebron, he could rest under a shade of palm trees,  but he might have been tasted the eternal rest already and he sang a thanksgiving song to the Heaven.

Have we ever happened to experience something similar? When, after an endless fight against our evil passions, we, finally, become able to submit ourselves and fulfill the will of God, does not He become closer to us then? Don’t we see even a tiny reflection of the eternal bliss?

Maybe we wish we lived at the times of prophets and experience, like them, an invisible touch of Divinity. We desire to reach that greatness and the glory in our life, which was surrounding the Old Testament Patriarchs, but our Lord is calling us to be faithful in little things – in those endless cares of the everyday life, which pass invisibly before the eyes of the people. This is our calling.

Life teaches us to reject our self-will, shatters our pride, tame our self-centeredness.  Lord is calling us to a great zeal of patience, compassion to others – all of these seem to us unworthy of an effort. But we can never justify our negligence towards this responsibility. As soon as we understand, finally, that the will of God must be holy for us in everything and nothing can be below our dignity; the simplest thing, most unnoticeable, something what seems unimportant to us, all of these we must zealously perform to the glory of God.

The Gospel truth is so clear in It’s simplicity; we too, like children, must accept it. “Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven” (Mt.18, 3)