Genesis 17:3-9 / John 8:51-59
Life is indeed a mystery. We can plan but life just happens, and often it is not according to our plans.
We can’t even predict what will happen as the day unfolds, much less can we ever predict what the future holds for us.
And if life is a mystery, then all the more the after-life is even more mysterious.
And because we don’t know much about the after-life, we don’t think about it too much.
In the 1st reading, God promised Abraham that he will be a father of a multitude of nations.
Abraham believed in what God promised, but it was a future that he will not see on earth.
But Abraham believed more than what God promised him.
Abraham believed in the future of eternity that God promised him, where he will see his descendants, generations after generations.
As Christians, we too believe in the future where God promised to bring us to eternity.
Our future, as well as our eternal future, is in God’s hands.
Let us plan our life well, so that our life on earth will be a preparation for our eternal life in heaven.