Father Jacques Philippe ‘Interior Freedom’

… for purification. If we were always sure we were doing God’s Will and walking in the truth, we would soon become dangerously presumptuous and at risk of spiritual pride. Not always being absolutely sure we are doing God’s will is humbling and painful, but it protects us. It preserves us in an attitude of constant seeking and prevents the sort of false security that would dispense us from abandoning ourselves to God.

When uncertain about God’s will, it is very important that we tell ourselves: “Even if there are aspects of God’s will that escape me, there are always others that I know for sure and can invest in without any risk, knowing that this investment always pays dividends”…. a defect…needs to be recognized and avoided: finding ourselves in darkness about God’s will on an important question–a large scale vocational choice or some other serious decision–we spend so much time searching and doubting or getting discouraged, that we neglect things that are God’s will for us every day, like being faithful to prayer, maintaining trust in God, loving the people around us here and now (avoiding sin, recognizing afflictions). Lacking answers about the future, we should prepare to receive them by living today to the full.