Reference standards
Author
Milagros García Klibansky
Summary: Our testimony as Christians is important as it guides people towards Christ. When we say we are Christians, we become benchmarks and people observe us closely. We often compare ourselves to others, but we should compare ourselves to Christ who achieved perfection in the flesh. We should judge our daily actions and strive to grow as people. Let us be treasure hunters and guide others towards Christ.
I like to touch on the subject of our testimony because it is fundamental to guide people towards our Redeemer. We can have God at the center of our life, but if others do not realize this it is because we are losing communion and we are making useless the Holy Spirit that lives in us.
When we say that we are Christians we are causing thousands of eyes to rest on us and search us to see how and in what conditions we fail, in order to point us and justify their resistance to place ourselves under the light of Christ. We are, after all, "Benchmarks"
It is something curious that when we look at ourselves in a mirror in a poorly lit place, we do not see clearly the wrinkles that we have on our face, however, when we take a photo, with a camera that has a good flash, it reveals all of us defects.
This is what happens when Christ enlightens us. For a long time we avoid being enlightened by Him so that our shortcomings are not noticed. We prefer to compare ourselves all the time with the people around us without realizing that if we succeed, it is only because they have as many defects as we do, of course, we will always compare those in which we have advantages. But, if we really want to know our spiritual state, we must be more daring, why not compare ourselves with perfection, with the one who achieved perfection in the flesh? No, that does not suit us.
It is not convenient for us that the limpid mirror of the Saint reveals our miseries to us, no! judge and criticize and how are we going to live after knowing that we are not better than others?
Miserable vanity, who made us believe that we were something? Who made us believe that we were perfect? Who gave us the authority to set ourselves up as judges?
Instead of this, let's judge our daily actions and how we were going to have a job! How beneficial it would be for us to do so in order to grow as people and that our testimony is such that we provoke everyone to seek the treasure that is our God.
That is, let's transform the world into treasure hunters; let us distribute the maps that guide the way and we will see, without surprise, everyone digging at the foot of the Cross.