Amid all the obvious overload we have today in terms of facts and data, opinions and views, ideologies and philosophies, fiction stories and narratives, rapidly evolving innovations, etc., we cannot deny that the search for truth has become a very challenging task.
We certainly should not ignore them. Rather, we should give them due consideration. But we should not forget that truth can only be found in God who revealed himself and the whole truth to us in full in Christ, “the way, the truth and the life.”
Only with Christ can we deal with these things in the best way, but seeing to it that the Christ we want to show is not a disembodied Christ, a Christ simply of doctrine and some pious practices, but the Christ who adapts himself to the way the people are without compromising the truth. It’s Christ who shows the truth always in charity.
Christ was always adapting himself to the people, being flexible to everyone, and yet managed to accomplish his mission, whatever the situation was. He was not only passively adapting himself to the environment. He was also actively pursuing his goal in different ways. He was versatile.
To become Christ-like would indeed require a lifelong effort, but we can always start and develop it anytime. Let us not wait for some so-called opportune moment to be so. Any time, any situation can and should be an occasion to be like Christ. Obviously, we have to know Christ more and more. Thus, we need to be familiar with his life, his teachings and his example.
So, to be in the truth, we have to refer things to God. In fact, what would really assure us that we would be fully in the truth despite truth’s many levels, aspects, angles, etc., is when we are with God through Christ in the Holy Spirit. There is no other way to be truthful! (Fr. Roy Cimagala)
