Advent will commence in a few weeks. However, the coming of that liturgical season does not mean that God is adventitious! As I learned today, “adventitious” means arising from an external source, happening by chance, or appearing in an unusual place.
Although
we may have learned once that we who are on earth are separate from God who is
in heaven, that is not true. God is not external to us—God is as close to us as
our breath, which comes from within us. Nor does God’s presence in our lives
happen by chance; God chose to create us and be in relationship with us,
whether or not we acknowledge and respond to that gift. Finally, if we believe that
within us and within others is an unusual place for God to appear, we have a
limited understanding of our worth, dignity, and potential as people created
and loved by God.
The incarnation of God in Jesus is a wonderful event to celebrate. However, it is important to remember that through his humanity, Jesus the Christ invites all humans to participate in the divine nature, which is already present in and among us. There is nothing adventitious about that!
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