Four Words

When was the last time you paused to really think about your life? Was it last week, last month, last year, or has it been a few years? Very often when I ask people this, I see them searching their minds for an answer, then then say something as; “I honestly can’t tell you. I mean, I thing about things that are happening in my life, or decisions that I need to make, but I can’t recall the last time I purposefully made time to think about my life or how I’m living it.” Are we all so busy? I meet with friends who have retired from demanding jobs and they say they are busier now more than ever before. Resistance loves to keep us busy. When we are too busy to reflect how we’re living, it’s almost certain that we are not busy doing the right things.
There are four words that embody the challenge of the Christian life; we find them in the 5th line of the Our Father: Thy will be done. How do you react to these words? What do they make you think? It all depends on our image of God. If we see God as “far away” trying to control everything and everyone, we probably react to these words as an infringement on our personal freedom. If we see God as a loving father who wants good things for us even more than we want for ourselves, who always has our best interests as heart?
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