Meditations

Doing God's Will Do This and You Will Live Luke 10.28 We often say we would like to know what to do to advance in virtue, but when the Spirit of God shows us what to do, we often lack the courage to carry it out. We have a strong feeling that we are not what we ought to be. We see how our burdens grow day by day, yet we feel we are doing a lot just by saying we want to be delivered out of ourselves. Let us count it as nothing if we say we are willing to follow God, and then do not go as far as sacrificing the things that stop us from walking in God's ways. Let us not hold the truth captive through our unrighteous half-heartedness. So, let us listen to what God inspires in us. Let us test the Spirit that is moving in us to see if it comes from God. And after we have recognized God, let us stop at nothing to make Him happy. The psalmist does not simply ask God to teach him what his will is. He asks God to teach him to do it.