What does God want from me?
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How can I find the path God has planned for me?
What does God want from me?
Sometimes, when I feel close to God, I have the impression that he must be demanding something special from me—perhaps something difficult, something that demands obedience. But that's a misunderstanding. God doesn't approach me with demands, but with love. He looks at me with kindness, he is close to me, he lives within me. I used to wish for a mighty voice from heaven commanding me: "Do this or that!" And I would have submitted submissively. But that's not the point.
True spirituality leads to freedom. God wants—as the Bible tells us—that everyone be helped and that we come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Tim. 2:3). And Paul warns: "Christ has set us free—do not be enslaved again!" (Gal. 5:1)
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You are a child of God
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves: Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
from: Marianne Williamson, Return to Love, quoted from Nelson Mandela’s inaugural speech
Know yourself to know God
“For whoever wishes to enter into God’s foundation, into His innermost being, must first come into their own foundation, into their own innermost being—for no one can know God who does not first know themselves.” — Sermon 54b (Meister Eckhart ca.1260-1328)
Often, the hardest task is not to seek God, but to truly come to know oneself—without avoidance, without illusion. Jesus speaks of the greatest commandment: to love God and to love your neighbor as yourself. Love is at the heart of the entire message of the Bible.
An often quoted saying attributed to Francis de Sales (1567-1622) is:
„If your heart wanders or suffers, gently bring it back to its place, and softly return it to the presence of God. And even if you have done nothing else in your life but repeatedly bring your heart back—though it strayed each time after you returned it—then your life has indeed been well lived.”
Accepting yourself with love, respecting yourself and growing, and treating your neighbor as yourself – thisis part of the path.
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Listen carefully: What is truly calling you?
When you hear an inner voice calling you, ask yourself: Is it truly God's voice or another? Is it the voice of an inner critic, a restless driver—or is it the voice of God speaking in love, deeper and more expansive than you can imagine than you can imagine?
To discern this, it helps toshare thoughts with others, to search together and to practice the Discernement of Spirits, as Ignatius of Loyola calls it. And when you're sure – then dare to go! Take your path! Go your own way!
God weaves a golden thread through the red thread of your life. What he wants from you will not feel freign—for he created you and knows you better than you know yourself.
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