Monday in Holy Week

Doing God's Will

No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in union with us, and his love is made perfect in us. 1 John 4:12

Lent is a time when we must always be prepared to do the will of God. Doing God's will is challenging at times and we often get in the way of ourselves and God. This happens when we allow our selfish desires to supersede our desire to please God and to be used by him. We please God by loving him and others with all of our soul, heart, mind and strength—this is doing the will of God.

Through prayer, service and loving one another, we can be sure that God will live in union with us, and his love will be made perfect in us. So when the circumstances of life threaten to overwhelm us, we must always be watchful and in a spirit of prayerful openness to do God's will and receive God's grace.

David Harris

Prayer: God, give me the strength to do your will and not togive in to my selfish desires. I open myself so that I can be available at all times to be used by you. Amen.