There is a small correction in the first line of third para instead of "Definitely obedience to God's will comes after obedience to parents" it will be read thus "Definitely obedience to God's will comes before obedience to parents."
Dear Friends, This is a very tricky question? But if we delve a little deeply, we will understand. Firstly we should be sure whether what we understand is truly the will of God. Most of the times, our mind suggests that this is right and thats why its the will of God. We have to be very sure that what we feel is the will of God is truly His will or our will?? This can be done by regular prayer, fasting & reading the Bible. Normally God's will is not revealed directly. He uses many channels like our friends, benefactors, office colleagues, priest, our councellors, our brothers, sisters, relatives or even our parents. Sometimes what we think is God's will, our parents might say it's not. Then instead of starting a heated argument, we should ponder and find out why our parents are against it? Maybe we will get our answer there. Definitely obedience to God's will come after obedience to parents. When we obey God, we can never disobey our parents. Our God will never allow that. But the evil one is very smart, he will use our family to bind us to do the will of God at times. But here we should remind ourselves of the word of God, "I have come not to bring peace but division" It may happen that when we obey God's will we may receive opposition from our near and dear ones. But the word of God says that it will happen. But if we ignore the will of God so that our family will be happy then that happiness won't be long lasting and we won't have peace of mind. We should never ignore the first commandment of God i.e. "To love Him with all our heart, mind and soul" & the rest will follow. Sooner or later our parents will understand the calling of God. We can see this in the life of so many saints who left their homes, even disobeyed their parents to do the will of God and the best example is St. Francis of Assisi. I would like to add here that we cannot compare God's love with anyone not even our parents. His will for us is our good and for the good of all. Our parents don't know what lies in the future but God knows. But again we have to be cautious in finding His will for us. But one thing even we if we get opposition from our parents in doing the will of God, we should remember this one thing that we should not be rebellious with our parents cause thats not the spirit of God. Spirit of God is gentle and patient. We need to be patient and pray to God to give us the strenght to face the opposition and God will show us the way. I wud like to end with the following quote which I keep reminding myself always : "God's will in God's ways will never lack God's supply". Love & Prayers Jennifer **************************************************************** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join To get a standard help message on the list services send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] **************************************************************** **************************************************************** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join To get a standard help message on the list services send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************************************************
