Path To Perfection: Protect Me Under Thy Wings (Psalms 16:8)

Path To Perfection:  Protect Me Under Thy Wings (Psalms 16:8)

By:  Eric Gajewski

Psalms 16:8  “Protect me under the shadow of thy wings.”

David cries out to God in Chapter 16 for protection against his enemies.  If we are truly seeking to become perfect according to Christianity than we know we are going to face many obstacles in our lives.  What is your current intention?  Is it the straight and narrow path to His Sacred Heart found on the seventh floor of the Fortress?  Are you seeking God’s will and seeing God’s will?  First seek then resign.  For in this fight of the soul in order for it to take to flight there will be many “enemies” to overcome.  Our chief enemy is ourself.  Than we have to consider the “temptor” himself.  Than after that assuredly, like Jesus, we will have our own detractors and naysayers trying to convince the public that you are something that you really are not.  You will be oppressed because that is what we Christians suffer.  We will all have our own Chapter 16 moments where will call out to God and seek protection under His wings.  For He is our Divine Eagle.

Psalms 16:3 Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.  As I mentioned our goal must be to have our hearts unite with His Heart in Union.  We must prove our hearts.  Thus, we must grow in grace, virtues and ultimately holiness.  The transition from the natural to supernatural is painful.  Yes, it is truly hellish.  Nevertheless, we must have confidence in God to see us through all of crosses and trials for He specifically hand chooses them for you.  Notice how David said his heart was visited at night.  Mystically speaking before one can start “absorbing” the Divine Light and Fire once must be purified first.  The dark night has been spoken about by so many mystics and I find that so many are missing out on these works because they are getting to entangled on the internet these days.  Remember you are not going to advance your soul because you out-debated someone on the internet today.  David was tried by Fire which at first will be hell on earth to a soul.  Yet over time the wood begins to soften and ultimately becomes One with the Flame.  On this path to perfection we must guard over our hearts and avoid even venial sin if we are to come to rest in His Sacred Heart.  On the surface, it sounds impossible but with God all things are possible.  The deification of man involves a lot of blood, sweat and tears and so with each day make it your goal to be advancing in the Way of Selfless Love.  If you are not advancing ultimately you will be retreating back towards self.

Our model.  Psalms 16:5 Perfect thou my goings in thy paths.  Christ is our model.  He demonstrated to the world how a soul gains entrance into heaven to behold the Blessed Trinity forever.  Like a good football team each soul must do its job.  We must be trying to perfect all of our intentions so as to root out all of the impediments.  I will have to be getting a wisdom tooth pulled soon (at some point) and this called to mind this analogy.  God has to get at the very core of our self-love.  Sometimes we think we are truly dead to ourselves than God throws a harsh trial in our way and we find we don’t want to do it (as self would dictate).  Like a root canal the purification process is not fun.  However, you can either go to the Dentist here and allow him to extract that tooth which has deep roots or you can do it in Purgatory.  In either case the process must be accomplished.  Recall how it took St. Catherine of Siena about three years of ongoing intense sufferings to reach the Spiritual Marriage.  We cannot fear nor be discouraged although sometimes it seems far-fetched that God might be calling you to perfection.  But He is!  The upcoming Tribulation will give plenty of opportunities and ultimately prepare us for heaven so that we don’t have to do Purgatory or at least do very little time there.  Therefore, like David we must say perfect my goings in thy paths.  We have the tools given by the Church but do you have the Will?

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