Quality needed in a genuine search for God's will

 The second quality necessary in an authentic search for the will of God is generosity. A person who approaches a decision which she wants to be in accord with God’s will and, as a pre-requisite, sets aside all biases, the leanings of her own will, prejudices, fears and anxieties, to listen to the Lord is a very generous and humble person.  Using the example Father Warren Sazama, S.J., uses, she comes to God with a blank check and lets God fill in the amount. Only a generous person would do this.  When we are generous, God’s generosity will not be outdone. Recall Jesus’ statement  in  Lk 11: 5-13: if you who are prone to selfishness and sin, can give your children what they ask for (you wouldn’t give them a snake if they asked for a fish or a scorpion if they asked for an egg), how much more will your God not give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him. In the case of seeking God’s will, will not the Lord be sure that you find that Divine Will, not that this find would happen magically or instantaneously, but we can be confident that the Lord will reveal His will to us in due time. Source: Discernment of Spirits by Warren Sazama, SJ, National Religious Vocation Conference, Chicago, IL 60615.