“The most precious thing on earth is to know God and at least in part understand God’s will. The soul that has felt God must submit to God’s will in everything and live before God in fear and love. In love, because the Lord is love. In fear, because it must be afraid to insult God by some evil thought.”
“How do you know whether you are living according to the will of God? Here is a sign: if you long for some thing, then you have not submitted to the will of God, even though you may think that you live according to God’s will. Whoever lives according to the will of God does not concern oneself with anything. And if the person needs some thing, then the person submits oneself and that thing to God; and if the person does not receive it, then the person remains content as though having received it.”
“The soul which has submitted to the will of God, fears nothing: neither storm nor bandits; nothing. And whatever should happen, it says, ‘It is God’s will.’ If the body is ill, the soul thinks, ‘Then I am in need of this illness, otherwise God would not have given it to me.’ And so the body and the soul remain at peace”* – Elder Siluan.
*Minimally edited for inclusive language
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