Fake Priest

There lived a devotee of God who wanted to meet God. He did not know Punjabi and could not understand Guru Granth Sahib Ji. He heard of a priest who translates Guru Granth Sahib Ji and narrates the message of the Guru in English. He went to the priest and joined his congregation. The priest started telling about the greatness of Guru Nanak and the teachings of Guru Nanak. He said that the Guru says God can only be seen by meditating on Him and remembering Him for every moment. Just as you would remember someone you love and he/she is in your mind all the time, remember God and you shall meet Him. The priest was doing holy work but he was only doing it for money. As people would leave, they would present him some money for his time and that’s what priest wanted. The priest himself would not worship God and was concentrating on making as much money as he can.

The devotee of God became a regular follower of priest. He would come to the priest’s congregation everyday and would leave him some money while leaving. In order to come to the priest’s congregation the devote had to cross a river. There was no bridge nearby, so he had to walk 1 mile south to get to the bridge and come back towards north for about 1 mile. This would take him a lot of time and he decided to ask a solution from priest. When he asked the priest on what he should do, the priest first asked for his fee. The devote paid him and the priest told him that if he worships God from deep within his heart and has trust in Him, God will make him able to walk on water and he will no longer has to walk 2 miles to cross the bridge.

To this the devotee was impressed. He had a great trust in God and started worshipping him even more than he used to. He would wake up three in the morning, take a bath and would worship God. He would meditate on him while running errands and doing his job. He recited the Name of God for each moment he could.

A month passed and the devotee was walking along the bank of the river and he was getting late. So he decided to go through the river. As he stepped in the water, he did not become wet and neither did his foot went in the water. He was actually walking on the water. To this he was filled with joy and thanked God. He crossed the river by walking on the water and reached the congregation of the priest.

After that day he never crossed the bridge, he would walk on the water to go to the congregation of the priest. A month passed and to thank the priest he invited the priest to his house for dinner. The priest accepted his invitation and headed along with him to his house. As they approached the river. The priest asked him to go from the bridge. The devotee replied that he doesn’t cross the bridge anymore and goes though the river. The priest said that if they go through the river they will get wet. To this the devotee replies that he never gets wet, he actually walks on water. The priest was astonished. The devotee asked him to cross the river first, to which the priest said that he should cross the river first and the priest will go second.

The devotee crossed the river walking on the water. The priest had never seen anything like this before. He was wonderstruck, and filled with astonishment. When the devotee reached the other side he asked the priest to cross the river. Having not worship on God priest hesitated but to preserve his honor he thought to give it a shot. As he stepped in the water, he drowned.