Let life take its course, do not pose obstacles

Dear friend, in the middle of the night while everyone sleeps and rests from the daily labors I want to continue to place certainties, questions and meditations on our existence. After writing the Dialogues with God, some prayers and religious meditations now I asked myself a question that I want to ask you too "but do you believe that you are the head and ruler of your life?".
I want to deepen with you, dear friend, this meditation on life through a book of the Bible "the book of Job".

Job is actually a metaphorical character who never existed but the writer of this book convey a precise concept that we should all understand and that I now want to say to you. Job, a rich man of good family one day in his existence loses everything he had. The reason? The devil presents himself before the throne of God and asks permission to tempt the person of Job who on Earth was a righteous man and faithful to God. The book speaks of the whole story of Job but I want to pay attention to two things: the first is that after temptation Job remains faithful to the eyes of God and for this reason he receives all that he has lost. The second is a phrase spoken by Job which is the key to the book "God has given, God has taken away, blessed be the name of God".

Dear friend, I invite you to read this book, which even in some periods and steps can be monotonous you will eventually have a different view of your existence.

My friend, I can tell you that we have only our sin. Everything comes from God and only he decides our path. Many can make decisions for their lives but the inspiration for everything comes from the creator. The same article that I am writing now is inspired by God, my writing is a gift from God and I seem to do everything by myself and that I take initiatives but in reality and Heavenly Father who with his sweet and powerful hand directs every little one action in the world.

You can tell me "and where does all this violence come from?" The answer is given to you at the beginning: we of ours only have sin and its consequences. You can also tell me that it is all a story that good comes from God and evil from the devil and man does it. But even if it seems strange to you all this is pure reality otherwise Jesus would not have come to Earth to die on the cross for our sins.

Dear friend, do you know why I tell you this? Let life take its course, don't put obstacles in it. Listen to your inspirations and if sometimes you are disappointed do not be afraid you were following a path that was not yours but if you follow what God has prepared for you then you will work wonders in your existence.

You may say: but then I am not master of my existence? Of course, I answer you. You are the master of sinning, of not following your inspirations, of doing something else, of not believing. You are free. But I can assure you that in Heaven there is a God who has given you talents, gifts and wants you to develop them and follow the right path to complete the path of life that he plans for you. Even if it seems strange to you, we have a God who does not just create us but gives us gifts which then helps us develop.

I want to conclude this meditation on life with the words of Job: God has given God has taken away, let God's name be read. Thanks to this phrase Job regained all that he had lost for confirming his faithfulness to God.

So I conclude by telling you to make this sentence a commandment of your existence. Try to always be faithful to God and if by chance you receive something you know that it comes from God, if instead you lose something you know that God can also take away. You only ask where your sin is and place it in the heart of Jesus Christ but everything that can happen to you ends your day with the last phrase of Job "blessed be the name of God".

Written by Paolo Tescione