Hungry for the Faith
Dear Brother Ignatius,
Ever since i saw some side tracking from charismatic groups i have been in deep spiritual battle with myself and others when it came to finding the truth. More then once i south to find answers but was hit with a brick or was told that i was wrong. Yet, in prayer, something told me i was right.
Ever since my comming in these Q & A i have been finally finding peace because i was being confirmed in so many ways that what i thought was wrong was just that, DEAD WRONG. I found out as well that in many places i was, personaly, wrong as well. It goes both ways. But thank you so much for confirming so many things for me and clearing them up. I guess i should have had more faith in God and in myself but that is hard to do when you have a fiering squad in front of you.
1) How can one discern that one is right because even in prayer one can have it's own litle illumination if you know what i mean? It takes so much faith in oneself and God to go with just that. I might say it is unprudent and unwise as well in a certain way thus, i guess, the importance of good leaders and well educated men and women in the field, what ever it may be. There used to be a proverb that i believed in but not anymore. " when everyone tells you your going the wrong way maybe it's because it is true and you should ask yourself serious questions." The world is full of what is not close to God i have found in a hard way.
2) I just realise i had no patient anymore in waiting for answers. It is so hard when you think you are so close to the door and not ask any questions. That is why i ask so many of them and you see my name up therepretty often. I take advantage of it while i have it in fear it will desapear on me and i will be left having to look and wait again to get answers for oh about another 8 years. I am really not interested in that. I am so hungry for the real truth and real food that i could eat a horse. Right now that is what your previous answer told me interiorly anyways and made me realise. LOL Just goes to say that God passes through you in millions of hidden ways to make others grow. LOL. This is my second question. What is spiritual control over that? The wanting of truth and ready to eat like a starved person the justice and truth, does this apply to that as well? Is there such a thing for that? For that is a spiritual war as well within oneself? Self control over spiritual needs can you define that for me.
Thank you very much Brother Igantius from the buttom of my heart. God Bless You.
PS: sorry for the long posts.
QUESTION from Sandy on May 19, 2004
ANSWER by Bro. Ignatius Mary, OLSM on May 22, 2004
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Dear Sandy: I love it that you are so hungry for the truth. I wish more people were like you. There is a caution, however, in that we also need to be patient. If we get too hungry, without patience, we may grab something and put it in our mouth not realizing that what we just ate was poison. We need to stop to examine what we are about to eat. The best advice one can give, I think, is to slow down a bit and meditate a while on the things that you learn, before going on to the next subject. This is how discernment is accomplished -- the reflect upon what it is that you are learning, or upon that which you feel God may be leading. I know this is hard when you are been starved for so long, but we need to remember that when a hungry person finally finds food he will get sick if he eats too fast. God is blessing you with an enthusiasm and a desire to consume all the information about the faith that you can get and that is wonderful. Praise God! Too bad this enthusiasm cannot be made into a serum and given to others in a hypodermic. :) May God richly bless you. Keep on consuming the Faith, but don't eat too fast :)
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