wALKINg with jesus daily

Walking With Jesus-Daily Divine Will Calendar From The Writings Of Servant Of God Luisa Piccarreta

September 18, 1924
Distance between living in the Divine Will and doing the Will of God– Volume 17

Jesus- My daughter, the living in my Will is the living that is closest to the blessed of Heaven. It is so distant from one
who is simply conformed to my Will and does It, faithfully executing Its orders – as much as Heaven is distant from the
earth, as much as the distance between a son and a servant, and between a king and a subject. Moreover, this is a gift
which I want to give in these times, so sad – that they may not only do my Will, but possess It. Am I perhaps not free to
give whatever I want, when I want, and to whom I want? Isn’t a master free to say to his servant: ‘Live in my house, eat,
take, command as another myself”? And so that nobody may prevent him from possessing his goods, he legitimizes this
servant as his own son, and gives him the right to possess. If a rich man can do so, much more can I do it.
This living in my Will is the greatest gift I want to give to the creatures. My Goodness wants to show off more
and more love toward creatures, and since I gave them everything, I want to give them the gift of my Will, so that in
possessing It, they may appreciate and love the great good they possess.
And don’t be surprised if you see that they do not understand. In order to understand, they would have to dispose
themselves to the greatest of sacrifices – that of not giving life, even in holy things, to their own will. Then would they
feel the possession of Mine, and would touch with their own hands what it means to live in my Will. You, however, be
attentive, and do not be bothered by the difficulties they raise; little by little I will make my way, to make them understand
the living in my Will.”

Scripture Meditation- ²⁵ But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a custodian; ²⁶ for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. ²⁷ For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (Galatians 3:25-27).

Prayer Reflection- O Lord we bless You, we adore You and we thank You because to live in Your Will, as compared to simply conforming to Your Will, is as distant as Heaven is from Earth. It is the difference between a servant following orders and a son or daughter living in the house of the rich father possessing all that he possesses. O Lord, we did not earn this gift and we do not deserve this gift and yet You freely want to give us this gift of gifts to “show off” Your great love for us. Adopted children through baptism, You now want us to possess the sanctity of sanctities! How many times do we think to ourselves when we hear about this that it all sounds too good to be true and we don’t understand. In order to understand this greatest gift we must make the greatest of sacrifices which is not giving life to our own wills, even in what we think are the holy things we believe we are doing for You! O Lord let us be attentive as we grow little by little in this greatest gift as we lay down the little pebble of our wills as we let You teach us! Fiat!