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Strength For Life
We hear (a great deal of tall; about the will of God. People- are= forever saying,. It is the will of (5o<i to do this or that. They imply
imthat those who hold contrary ions are, in effect, ignorant of His . Will or stubltomlly refusing to see what appears to be so visible. Now it has always seemed to me that human beinip ought to be very careful in defining exactly what is the Wi|l of God in any given instance for is it quite true that with Him “My thoughte are not your thoughts.” A good definition . of a fanatic is “one who does what "God would do if He had all the facts.” From the Human point of. view, there if always something of darkness aiid impenetrability about; the Will of God. It is much easier to bojt back on a course of action, and say this was God's Will for me, than io discover "just what is His Will before an\>vent takes
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But we are always being compelled to choose between one action and another Decisions- cannot be delayed or evaded. Does this mean then, that we are to be denied the help of knowing what God wants done? Nat at aJL If we cannot fuUy know His WrH, we most cmainly can know His ways and, 'they furnish the guide we need. For example, when Jesus led his. disciples toward Jerusalem for they last time, St. Mark says that He* walked ahead of them “and thpy were amazed and those who followed were afraid.” They couldn’t comprehend, and He couldn'j: make than understand what was in His mind. The Will of God for Hini and for them was hidden
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