"All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. "(Romans 8:14) This Word is
in the heart of the hymn that Paul sings the beauty of Christian life, its newness and freedom, the fruit of baptism and faith in Jesus who engage fully in him, and him in the dynamism of trinitarian life. becoming one person with Christ, we share the Spirit and all its fruits, first of all the other children of God
Although Paul speaks of "adoption," it does so only to distinguish it from the position of natural child that belongs only to the one Son of God Ours is not a purely legal relationship with the Father would like to foster children, but something substantial, that changes our very nature as a new birth. Why all our life is animated by a new principle, by a new spirit that is the same Spirit of God
It would not be more than sing with Paul, the miracle of death and resurrection that works in us the grace baptism.
"All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God."
This Word tells us something that has to do with our lives as Christians, in which the Spirit of Jesus brings a dynamism, a tension that Paul condensation in contrast between flesh and spirit, meaning meat at the whole person (body and soul) with all its constitutional weakness and selfishness constantly fighting with the law of love, even with the same love that has been poured into our hearts .
Those who are led by the Spirit, they face each day with the "good fight of faith" in order to repel all the evil inclinations and live by the faith professed in baptism.
But how?
We know that, because the Holy Spirit acts, it must be our correspondence, and St. Paul write these words, he thought at that particular duty of the followers of Christ, which is precisely the self-denial, the struggle against selfishness in its most varied forms.
But this is death to ourselves that makes life so that every cut, every pruning, each not to our ego self is the source of new light, peace, joy, love, freedom, inner door is open to Spirit.
making more free Holy Spirit who is in our hearts, he will bestow his gifts more abundant, and can guide us in the journey of life.
"All who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God."
How to live then this word? We must first
make us more aware of the presence of the Holy Spirit in us carry in our hearts an immense treasure, but we do not notice too little account. We have a tremendous asset, but remains mostly unused.
Then, ensure that its voice is heard and followed by us, we must say no to anything that is against the will of God and say yes to all his wishes: no temptation, cut short with their suggestions, and yes the tasks that God has entrusted to us, yes to love all coming, yes to the tests and difficulties we encounter ...
If so we will give the Holy Spirit will guide us in our Christian life that flavor, that force, that bite, the brightness, which can only be understood if it is authentic.
So even those close to us s'accorgerà that we are not only sons of our human family, but children of God
Chiara Lubich
