ON WAIT FOR GOD
You may be waiting for God or God’s grace, but
the thought of God occurs in you only once in a blue moon or on Sundays or at
best two or three times a day.
Furthermore, those few occasions on which you
may think of God are very dull and lacking in intensity, because you are
preoccupied with so many other supposedly important things.
It is all right if you faithfully wait for Him
to come, but be sure you are attentive in your waiting. If you are
preoccupied with other things, how can God come? How can His grace
flow?
The Guru is there. His ever-flowing grace is
there; it is always present. But you want Him to come uninvited, without any
effort on your part. In the name of waiting you idle away your time.
You do not consider it an intrinsic part of your life to wait faithfully.
You do not take this period of waiting seriously
and sincerely. You say, ‘I am waiting for God, for His grace to come. He is
all-compassionate, so He will come. Until then, let me engage in other
important matters.’ This is foolishness. You will neither receive grace
nor will you have the power to overcome difficult situations with this kind of
faith.”
