ALL GLORY TO GOD - 4

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XXIX. If God did exist, it would be necessary to invent Him,” said Voltaire.

The question arises: What sort of God do we want? The vast majority of men and

women want God who is a sort of a store keeper ready to supply them all those

things for which they send in a requisition – the wealth of the world, its

pleasures and power.

0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">So long as God gives them what they want, God is

good, kind and loving, God is wise and there is none like unto Him. But the

moment He refuses to oblige, He becomes a cruel God, unjust and unkind. His

very existence is denied. The God of the majority of us is a “servant” God

ready to do our bidding, eager to satisfy our cravings and caprices the moment

they arise. In plain words, we do not want to do God’s Will. We want God to

do our will. The more we strive for our will to be done, the more restless do

we become, and consequently, the more unhappy and miserable. It is only God’s

Will that can restore harmony and order. Until we learn to submit to the Will

of God, even if we reach out to the moon and conquer the stars, we shall but

continue to wander from restlessness to restlessness.

0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">What we need is not this, that or any other thing.

What we require is a divine adjustment. At some time or the other this truth

dimly dawns on our consciousness. Pressed hard by circumstances, surrounded on

all sides by trials and temptations, we feel like turning to God as the only

remedy. But we are afraid to leave things in His Hands for fear of what He may

do. The one essential mark of the one who loves God, is that he bears

joyfully all suffering and pain

that God sends him. He who has become a captive of love lives in a life of

surrender to God; in this surrender is true freedom. Watch, therefore, for the

ring of love and when it closes in on you, feel happy, for in your captivity

you will have found the freedom of the truly free. Then in your heart you will

hear songs of rejoicing. And each day will bring to you thrills of joy. Love

God with all your heart and soul. Talk to Him. Think of Him, Rest in Him. In

the midst of your daily work, turn to Him, again and again. These glad turnings

of a loving and grateful heart are your best prayers

to God.

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