Why are we so reluctant to accept help? We are all imperfect beings and make mistakes, we all fail, and we all need each other to recover from our falls. God asks us to support and guide each on our journey. If we insist on going it alone, we will continue to spin our wheels, and instead of moving forward, we sink deeper into the mud. St. Josemaria, the Founder of Opus Dei said, “ You insist on trying to walk on your own, doing your own will, guided solely by your own judgment. And you can see for yourself that the fruit is fruitlessness. My child, if you don’t give up your own judgment, if you are proud, if you devote yourself to “your” apostolate, you will work all night – your whole life will be one long night – and at the end of it, all the dawn will find you with your nets empty.” – (Point 574, The Forge.) Battles are never fought alone. We need armies for there is strength in numbers. God is within all of us and He gives us all angels to assist us. Imagine the impact we could make if we all worked together instead of flying solo.
When our search for answers and desire for truth, lead us to a dead end, our only recourse is to turn to God for He possesses the master plan for our lives. Rejections and setbacks may give us cause to give up and abandon our plans and ambitions. Given the current state of our economy, jobs are becoming increasingly more difficult to find and we would rather avoid the whole painstaking search altogether, but we know we must persevere in the battle. If we submit to defeat and give up the good fight, our souls spiral downward to discouragement and we eventually lose our peace. Perhaps the better choice is to proceed with our plans, but rather than clench tightly to our own methods, we ought to become detached from our own way and attached to God’s. Thus we will move forward along the road while remaining in constant contact with our co-pilot for further directions. If God, our co-pilot tells us to go right when we would have turned left, we are more assured of reaching our destination if we follow His advice. Sometimes though, when God does not give us the next directive, we may think that He has gone missing, but rest assured He is at our side assuming the role of the silent partner. We may not feel His presence but we know He is there. He may allow us to take the wrong course, but only to help us see with far greater clarity the right course. His temporary absence leads us to seek Him and rely on Him more fully.
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