The will of God?
Google Image Traditional Christianity has always emphasized the need to “do God’s will.” Fine, but if God exists, he/she is “out there” somewhere, so hidden that I don’t have a clue how to know God, let alone know what he/she expects of me. That view sounds reasonable, but is it, really? So many people in the world – you could say a vast "jury" – know this hidden God, maybe not in the way we know our spouse or neighbor but know nonetheless from God’s presence in the natural world, from Scripture (and that deserves a separate blog), and from the virtual certainty that all that exists didn’t occur randomly but from God’s creative genius. A Career of Seeking God So, about God’s will, let’s consult a person who made a career of seeking God and his/her will. “How am I to know the will of God?” asks Thomas Merton, in his famous book, “New Seeds of Contemplation. “…The very nature of each situation usually bears written into itself some indication of God’s will. “For wha...