Episode 4 -- Imitation of Christ I.4 -- Caution in Our Undertakings

How does a well formed Christian react to what he hears?

Cautiously. The Imitation of Christ gives a description of how a follower of Christ should approach all the things he or she hears about others. All the wonderful advice that we read in this episode about being cautious and careful in our reactions presumes a profound awareness of how weak and fallen human nature is. How we need to ask the Lord to teach us true wisdom and true knowledge about the world.

Last episode we read about how Christ, true God and true man, is the secret to all true learning. How we need the eternal Word to show Himself to us. How we need to believe that God has a Son, a Word. The true measure of our lives is the degree of charity we have for Christ. All that we accomplish apart from Him and His love counts for nothing eternally. But our relationship with Christ is something that grows and deepens. We are striving to win Christ, to deepen our contact with Him. We are striving by His grace to know more and more His power and mercy.