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"The world is passing away and so is its lust." Who doesn't see this? Everything flows around us: things, faces, events; and we ourselves flow. Worldly lust also flows: as soon as we taste the sweetness of satisfying it, both disappear; we chase after another - and the same thing with that one; we are chasing the third - the same thing again. And nothing stands, everything comes and goes. So what? Is there really nothing permanent?! There is, the Apostle immediately says: “he who does the will of God abides forever” (1 John 2:17). A world as fluid as it stands? God wants it, and he stands. The will of God is its unshakable and indestructible basis. So among people, whoever becomes firm in the will of God, immediately becomes steadfast and firm. Thoughts are restless while one chases what is transitory. But as soon as someone comes to their senses and returns to the path of God’s will, thoughts and endeavors begin to subside. When, finally, he manages to acquire the skill in this way of life, everything with him, both inside and outside, comes into calm order and serene order. Having begun here, this deep peace and undisturbed serenity will pass into another life and remain there forever. This is what is in the general flow around us, not fluid and constant in us! – Walking in the will of God. You might be interested in: