god will always have his way with us - 1st week saturday

There are several episodes in our first reading today seemingly unconnected events that were narrated as if at random.  First Saul is introduced, his tribe, his father, even his profile.  Then a change of scenery, this time Saul is sent by his father to look for his lost asses.  Unknowingly the search for the asses will lead Saul to a lot of places and finally to the land of Benjamin.  That is where he came within sight of Samuel the prophet.  Samuel saw him and thus God reveals to Samuel his choice.  Then a change of scenery again – Samuel and Saul meet finally.  Saul asks Samuel if he knows where the seer is. Samuel said he is the seer.  Now why would Saul look for a seer – probably to help him find his lost asses.  Then Samuel anoints Saul as one who would govern God’s people. So did the losing of the asses actually lead to his vocation?  Did the the searching lead to his call?

The readings narrate a series of seemingly unconnected events and there are still other events omitted for the sake of brevity of our first reading.  But one can see here the hand of God guiding everything.  The seemingly unconnected events finally fall in place serving the one purpose of God.  Even the lost asses and the unceasing search to so many places became a prelude that would make Saul the future king meet Samuel one of the greatest prophets so that the latter could finally anoint him king.

Things in our life may look unconnected.  The many episodes in our life may seem insignificant, even mundane, even plain stupidity.  But in God’s own time, according to God’s own plan, things will fall into place.

The story of our vocation is also like that, it is not so unlike Saul’s vocation as king – a series of unconnected events, mishaps, curiosities, searches, accidents, innocent interests, also include some stupidities here and there, and then everything falls into place.  Be always discerning.  Do not dismiss anything, even the trivial.  God is leading your somewhere even in your mistakes.  God is leading you to his plan, even in your accidents. God will have his way.  God will always have his way.