Scripture: Romans 8:26-30
Journal: How would you describe God’s will and God’s work in your life?
Reflection: There are religious men who have become so
familiar with the concept of God’s will that their familiarity has bred an
apparent contempt. It has made them
forget that God’s will is more than a concept.
It is a terrible and transcendent reality, a secret power which is given
to us, from moment to moment, to be the life of our life and the soul of our
own soul’s life. It is the living flame
of God’s own Spirit, in Whom our own soul’s flame can play, if it wills, like a
mysterious angel. God’s will is not an
abstraction, not a machine, not an esoteric system. It is a living concrete reality in the lives
of men, and our souls are created to burn as flames within His flame. The will of the Lord is not a static center
drawing our souls blindly toward itself.
It is a creative power, working everywhere, giving life and being and
direction to all things, and above all forming and creating, in the midst of an
old creation, a whole new world which is called the Kingdom of God. What we call the “will of God” is the
movement of His love and wisdom, ordering and governing all free and necessary
agents, moving movers and causing causes, driving drivers and ruling those who
rule, so that even those who resist Him carry out His will without realizing
that they are doing so. In all His acts
God orders all things, whether good or evil, for the good of those who know Him
and seek Him and who strive to bring their own freedom under obedience to His
divine purpose. All that is done by the
will of God in secret is done for His glory and for the good of those whom He
has chosen to share in His glory. (No Man is an Island by Thomas Merton)
Prayer
Closing Prayer: O God, accomplish your divine purposes in my
life and in your world this day. And
give me the wisdom and the grace to know how I can be a part of that. For
your kingdom and your glory we pray.
Amen.
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