As men come to understand spiritual law and its ever-present availability, they will unquestioningly seek no other than the will of God in the directing of their lives.
The tendency of mortal man to consider, primarily, not whether he is doing that which is pleasing to God, but rather whether he is pleasing himself or others, sometimes through desire or fear, is seen to be the source of moral weakness, the reason for the absence of heroic, single-hearted action.
It is recorded in the sixteenth chapter of Matthew that Jesus, his earthly mission drawing to a close, began to prepare his disciples for the events which were to culminate in his trial and crucifixion at Jerusalem, whither they were making their way. Peter took upon himself to rebuke his Master and persuade him not to go forward. Immediately, and with stern repudiation, was this method of temptation to undermine his judgment and weaken his purpose silenced by Jesus. Had it been otherwise, how different would have been the history of Christianity! Then those words concerning the Father, so simple, so incontestable, could never have been uttered: "I do always those things that please him."
