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Faith and unbelief

 

Love and suffering

 

Suffering is an inevitable and a gracious(1) companion on the path of Love.

Through suffering, God perfects us in HIS Love, and brings us closer(2) to HIM.

The way of Jesus Christ is Love.

Love willingly suffers(3), for the honour of God.

Love obediently(4) suffers, for love always does God's will.

Love joyfully suffers, that Christ, our joy, may live(5) with us.

Where there is love, there is suffering.

Where there is suffering(6), there is Christ.

Where there is Christ, there is Love, Joy and Peace(7).

[1]God bestows HIS favour on those who love HIM and suffer for HIM.

[2]God makes us HIS children.

 

[3]Love willingly and patiently suffers, to unite people with God— to bring unbelievers and sinners to good faith in God— by their exemplary life in Christ.

 

[4]Obedient to God— obedient to HIS commandment of love.

 

[5]Christ, our joy, may live within us to heal us; strengthen us and perfect us.

 

[6]Christ suffered for us and is still suffering with us.

 

[7]In the cauldron of sufferings, God's Peace comes to console us, as it came to console Shadrach; Meshach and Abed-Nego, in the burning fiery furnace.

Faith

 A strong Faith perseveres in God and humbly waits upon God with hope, even when our understanding fails to comprehend times and circumstances and God's will.

Believing in Jesus Christ means...

Just believing in Christ's Passion and Resurrection is not going to save us from damnation-  and lead us to Eternal life.

Believing in Jesus Christ means-  acknowledging with all our heart that HE alone is our True salvation.
Believing means, to trust God with all our heart and to submit our lives into HIS hands, to live according to HIS Most Holy will.
Believing means, to acknowledge Jesus Christ as the Beloved Son of the living God, one with the Father and the Holy Spirit.

Believing means, to listen to Jesus's life giving words.
Believing means, to live with the Hope of receiving God's gift of Eternal life.
Believing means, to live as God's witness at all times.
Believing means, to live our life conscientiously in the honour of God.
Believing means, to believe in the Resurrection and the life everlasting.
Believing means, to live our life as one Brotherhood in the love of God.

Believing means, to Humbly wait upon God.
Believing means, to persevere in the Grace of God, till the end of our life.
Believing means, to acknowledge our sins before God.
Believing means, to give up our sinful ways.
Believing means, to live a new life of conversion according to Jesus's words.
Believing means, to produce fruits of Love, in keeping with repentance.
Believing means, to persevere henceforth in Jesus's way of life.

The path of Believing in Jesus Christ; repenting to new life in Christ and persevering till the end of life, is the narrow path which most will find it difficult- we must pray for the Grace of God and strive hard on this path.

God's Most Holy will

In Heaven and on earth, God's 'Most Holy will' holds priority¹.

God is the Creator of life and universe. HE is the potter. He knows the weaknesses and vulnerabilities of our heart.
The weakness of our flesh causes us to fall into sin; into errors and into difficult circumstances.
Sometimes, God allows these things to happen to us, for our own good-  to Humble² us; to strengthen us; to prepare³ us for HIS great work of salvation; to test the sincerity⁴ of our Faith; to test our Humble⁵ dependence on HIM.
Most of the times we may not understand HIS ways, and even find it difficult at times to accept HIS 'Most Holy will' in our life.

We are imperfect creatures of flesh.
It is God's  will that we live in HIS presence, and grow perfect.

God's 'Most Holy will' always seeks the greater good of our soul.
From time to time, God presents us with opportunities⁶, to come  back to HIM-  but we fail to recognize HIM and acknowledge HIS will.

With all those who love God, God's 'Most Holy will' brings them on the path of Truth-  however much their errors and their sins⁷.

God's 'Most Holy will' is a rampart⁸ for all those who acknowledge HIM and Humbly live according to HIS Commandments.

All those who Honour HIM, God's 'Most Holy will' assists them in all their endeavours⁹.

With all those whom God has Called for great work of salvation¹⁰, HIS  'Most Holy will' powerfully assists them and leads them to fulfillment.

1. Angels in Heaven obey it Faithfully; Jesus Christ obeyed Heavenly Father's will Faithfully, throughout HIS life- likewise, we too, are expected to obey it Faithfully.

Everything that happens in Heaven and on earth, happens according to the will of God. HE is the potter. To build up or to break down, is entirely in HIS hands. It is for HIM to judge what is right- to allow something unpleasant to happen or to prevent it. Even if HE allows unpleasant circumstances, nevertheless HE does it for our own good.

2. Paul was humbled by the hand of God, while on his way to Damascus, to persecute Christians.

3. Peter fell into sin of denying Jesus Christ- God allowed this fall, to make him understand that- in God alone, we stand firm, and become worthy to carry out HIS 'Most Holy will'. In our pride and strength of our will, we cannot do God's work.

4. e.g. Abraham.

5. Israelites were tested in the desert for forty years- to know whether they'll faithfully obey God's Commandments.


6. Wise instructions through different people; moral instructions of Faith, through different circumstances. We fail to recognize HIM in the opportunities HE presents to us, for our homecoming.

7. e.g. King David.

8. God did not abandon Joseph to suffer the wicked designs of his brothers, but HE cared for him and rescued him from his plight.

9. Works that are good, and for the greater Glory of God. e.g. God assisted Abraham's servant to choose Rebekah as a wife for Isaac.

10. e.g.  Abraham, Moses, Jonah et al.

Do we have the Faith, to wait upon God?

God has Beautiful plans for each one of us.
Do we have the Faith?
Do we have the Courage?
Do we have the Patience?
Do we have the Humility?–  to wait upon God, and see the wonderful miracle¹ of life.

1. As the life unfolds, God's plans gradually come to fulfillment for  each one of us– in HIS time, according to HIS will.

The God who created us, is Trustworthy. HE will make our life Beautiful and worthy– if we persevere in our Faithful and Humble trust in HIM.

Christ crucified, Christ resurrected

Christ crucified gives us the strength to bear our sufferings Humbly and Patiently, with Faith and Love, in HIM.

Christ crucified inspires us and motivates us for a life of Faithful and Humble obedience to God's Most Holy will.

Christ crucified gives us the Grace to live a life of Love, in HIM.

Christ crucified inspires us for the life of Simplicity and Humility, in HIM.

Christ crucified gives us the proof of one, True God–  the proof of True Love.

Christ resurrected gives us the Hope of victory,¹ in HIM.

Christ resurrected strengthens our Faith that HE is for us² and is with us, always.

Christ resurrected gives us the Hope of Resurrection and Eternal life, in HIM.

Christ resurrected gives us Joy; Happiness and Peace, in HIM.

Christ resurrected gives us the Hope of Salvation, in HIM alone.

1. Victory over our sinful self; victory over the wickedness in the world, through life of Love, in HIM.

2. HE died for us, and HE resurrected for us, that we may live with HIM, forever.

Faith

Faith always follows God and perseveres in HIM– even when understanding falls short to comprehend God's ways and HIS will.

God, the Master Healer of all circumstances

God is the potter and we are the clay. We are HIS handiwork. HE has fashioned our life for a purpose HE has intended. God's plan  for our life is for our own good. But if our life does not serve God's purpose and goes against HIS will, then we have to bear the consequences¹ for our own sins.

God is the Master of our life. HE has  authority over every circumstances in our life. In whatever circumstances we find ourselves in, we must humbly accept with faith, God's purpose for our life– rather than spending anxious time in understanding why me?

We can trust that God will never lay a burden too great on our weak shoulders or place us in a difficult circumstances which we are unable to bear. God can make us grow and prosper² in any kind of circumstances. HE can turn any Contrary circumstances³ in our favor– only if we faithfully trust in HIM . God makes us fruitful on HIS path, which HE has planned for us.

Our life is God's generous gift to us. we are here in this world, to live according to HIS will. Our life is for humbly accepting all the circumstances in faith from God's hand and living it reverently for HIM.

No one can live more contentedly than the one who willingly accepts his share of sufferings from God's hand and lives humbly for God.

1. We ourselves impose frustrations on our life path by acting against God's will.


2. All the Prophets; Saints and God's Holy people were blessed in their humble circumstances for accepting and living according to  God's will, in Faith and Humility.
e.g. Israelites under the slavery of Egyptians– the salvation history.
e.g. Abraham was made the father of many nations.
e.g. Joseph became the Governor of Egypt- became an important element in the history of salvation.


3. e.g. Daniel in lion's pit.
    e.g. Joseph betrayed by Potiphar's wife. Joseph was exalted to the honor of a Governor of Egypt.
     e.g. St. Josephine Bakhita– life's journey from slave girl to Sainthood.

The way of Love

Love¹ lives according to the will of God².

1. Christ is-'the Love'- of God.
Christ lived according to the will of God. He willingly and Lovingly sacrificed HIS life to fulfill HIS Father's will.

2. The will of God for our life is to listen to HIS Beloved Son- making HIS words our home and our life- to follow the way of 'Truth' and 'Love' which HE has marked for us, that we may prosper.


Love and Heavenly Father's will is the most important thing in this life.