ONE OF THESE DAYS they're going to develop a technology that will answer the question, "What is God's will for me?" Wouldn't that be great? Imagine your cell phone going off and there's "Will of God" in the caller ID window. Or maybe a text message or an IM. Isn't there a blog or chat room somewhere called "God's Will"? Can we find a will of God video on YouTube?
God knows we're looking everywhere. Finding the will of God is really important for those of us who love the Lord and want to live our lives according to God's purpose for us. "Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother" (Mark 3:35). That's the people we want to be.
But without an email from "jchrist@willofgodforme.div" we're left to our own devices. Looking over our resources, however, we find a great deal that will help us.
We have the Bible, the Word of God that "was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope"(Romans 15:4). We have the teaching of the church, the tradition of wisdom handed down through the ages that tells us, "By prayer we can discern 'what is the will of God' and obtain the endurance to do it" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2826). And we have our own personal history that we can look back on and see the will of God being done in our lives. Now, can you beat that?
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