Content submitted via the internet by Larice Carvalho
“What makes us different is that we have faith in God to sustain us”
We all have a thirst for knowledge, discoveries and life. Some seek to quench it in the dark sources of the world, but the thirst never passes. When we choose to follow Jesus, we say ‘no’ to the world, its lies, its empty promises, and we drink the supply of living water. It is then that the thirst is quenched and the void is filled.
“Jesus answered,” Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never be thirsty, but the water that I will give will become in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. “(John 4.13 to 14)
Choosing to be a young man dedicated to the things of the Lord and the Church is not easy. Many think that by going to church and praying every day the difficulties will be eliminated from your life. On the contrary, the tribulations, persecutions, fears and anxieties continue. What makes us different is that we have faith in God to sustain us, we have the courage to face the fears and deliver all the problems into the hands of the Creator.
Every second, the world offers us false forms of entertainment, misleading forms of life. We are constantly urged to follow tortuous paths that lead us to further the Lord’s will. We are persecuted because we are different because we want real life, true happiness, true treasure.
“If you were of the world, the world would love you as love its own; but because ye are not of the world, and why I have chosen you out of the midst of the world, therefore the world hates you. “(John 15, 19)
Our weaknesses are used to reach in and get away from the will of the Father. However, Jesus knows us better than anyone, better than we know ourselves. He understands our motives and gives us the opportunity to repent of sins and ask for forgiveness. He wants to give us the fullness of life and is waiting for our honest answer.
Because there is no script to follow God, to renounce sin and the deception of the world, fear can keep us fromthe Lord’s will. We need to pick it our cross every day, deepening the Word in our lives, praying for guidance, listening to what the Holy Spirit has to say. And above all, we must live the Word of God and witness to even more people so that they can know the true Life.
Larice Carvalho