TAKING STOCK
Book of Enoch chapter 5:1-4 :
“Observe how the trees cover themselves with green leaves and bear fruit: wherefore give ye heed and know with regard to all His works, and recognize how He that liveth for ever hath made them so.
And all His works go on thus from year to year for ever, and all the tasks which they accomplish for Him, and their tasks change not, but according as God hath ordained so is it done.
And behold how the sea and the rivers in like manner accomplish and change no their tasks from His commandments.
But ye--ye have not been steadfast, nor done the commandments of the Lord,
But ye have turned away and spoken proud and hard words
With your impure mouths against His greatness.
Oh, ye hard-hearted, ye shall find no peace.”
Enoch gave such counsel which is food for beneficial meditation if we learn to be still now and then and consider how things truly are. We owe it to ourselves to reflect from time to time on the true nature of things to keep our minds balanced and to reset the compass that guides us. Taking stock. Getting our bearings. Adjusting the settings in our minds, like checking that our clocks are showing the true time. The truth should be a corner stone in how we live so it is good to dig down through accumulated junk from time to time to be sure it is still there and still correct. The truth is how Nature lives. Trees obey what is expected of them from the highest authority and they continue to do so whatever the weather and climate and surroundings. If trees can do it why can’t we. The truth is often how we DON’T live. We let ourselves lose touch with it as greed and desire and cravings and trickery well up from our human hearts like pollution that blocks out the sun of truth. We do wrong instead of always doing right like trees and sea and rivers do. We should meditate on it a little and face up to it so we do not get ahead of ourselves. Then we should look beyond it all to a brightest of bright lights - the Son of Man and His teachings which give us hope that a way back to truth can be found and our true selves as God intended us to be can be recreated as He puts us right if we hold to His teachings and let hope regarding Him take over our hearts and become our guide towards the light we so desparately need. This is why God sent Him and why He died on that awful cross for us: To put us back on track.
