Our Way, God's Way or No Way

So in the first reading from mass today from the prophet Samuel, we see the human condition at it's best and worse. The final lines of the passage state,

"The people, however, refused to listen to Samuel’s warning and said,“Not so! There must be a king over us. We too must be like other nations,with a king to rule us and to lead us in warfareand fight our battles.”When Samuel had listened to all the people had to say,he repeated it to the LORD, who then said to him,“Grant their request and appoint a king to rule them.”

God has a plan for every person, however God gave each person free will. The ability to choose life with God or without him. To follow Him and His commands or to do what we want. It takes humility to follow the will of God. It takes our will to follow our own way. It takes our will to do nothing. Every action and choice that we make affects and takes us on different paths. They are not always straight, they are not clean. They are the routes of life. All we are called to do is to be faithful to what God is calling us to. It is not clean, easy or direct, it is faith. Our faith guiding us and our will consenting to the desire of God. True happiness will be found when we are on the path with God. We will stray, however, we must get up and get back on the path. That is what we are called to do. It is our choice and our choice alone.