Doing God's Will... but why?
Doing God's will, for us is at one and the same time, a duty and a guarantee of righteousness. But there can be various motivations for doing God's will in life. It could be because, we are afraid that if we do not do God's will we might get into trouble. It is like carrying out our duties out of fear of undesirable consequences. Secondly it could be because we are expected to do it; that is, doing the duty for the sake of duty. One feels he or she has been brought up and always been taught that way and it should carry on for whole life that way. Though there is an appreciable discipline involved here, it seems very robotic and slavish. Today, David in the first reading and Jesus in the Gospel, give us a beautiful outlook on doing God's will - doing what God wants, because we love God! We have experienced the love of God to such an extent, that we cannot but do what pleases God; we cannot count the cost; we are ready to give up anything for the sake of doing the will of God. "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me!" declared Jesus with no hesitations (Jn 4:34). It is only when we too feel that way, we become like Jesus, we become his brothers and sisters...that is, we become the loving children of God our father and mother.
