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Follow God`s wish

It`s difficult for the flesh to do what God wants

07/01/2018

By: Bishop Amaury de Farias

We have two alternatives in our lives, do what we want or do what we have to do. When a child wants some candies and not lunch, we know she will be happier with candies, but what she needs is the lunch. That`s the way human being is. When you do what's your pleasure, you become more relaxed, but the problem is that you live in a world that is not your, the world is God. He owns the world and owner of life, which also is not ours. Even abortion is wrong and the lives of your children isn't your, is God. We have no right to life or our children, or our own life, or the life of anyone. We have our head, our attitudes, but we live in a world that is not ours, so we must live according to the rule of life. In our lives, we must take action between doing the personal will or the will of God. When both wills coincide, it is good, but generally, our will is different from the will of God.

The Lord's advice is that we live by His will, not by our own. What gives us comfort in our life is what calms our flesh. Our flesh wants to relive all evil, but God guides us to forgive and forget.

The Apostle Peter asked Jesus how many times he would have to forgive, if seven times, but Jesus said 70 times seven, which does not mean that you should forgive your brother 490 times, but rather as many times as necessary. Every time you are attacked, you need to control yourself, hold your flesh, if it`s necessary, give the same opportunities that the person possessed before with you. This is turning the other cheek and continuing through the narrow door without holding hurt and rancor. Following the will of God is often uncomfortable for our flesh, but it is the door of sacrifice, integrity, honesty, goodness, peace, and life. The other option, the facility, is to opt for perdition. We live between those two choices 24 hours a day, between our will and the will of God, which is the most difficult of all. Which door have you been at, the narrow or the wide one? Was it your will or the will of God? Learn, life is made of two doors. Everything in front of you presents these two doors. Which one you will live in, it is your choice, it is each one of us. If you want to go through the narrow door, abandon the bugs and facilities and pay for the price.