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It appears that the universe rules for revelation to ascendant mortal human beings of any planet demand that room must be left for doubt.
On reflection though, it seems nice that we do have room to doubt--hence room to make a true freewill decision about ourselves, for ourselves. The inhabitants of Havona envy us. On what grounds could they envy us mortals other than for the fact that we do have real free will? Sure, we do have to give it back, but at least we had the offer of a choice. It has been said many times during many hundreds of years that a God who loves us could not do otherwise. On reflection, that also appears to be a mighty truth.
We have another problem to face. Our primary choice is our decision to seek in all ways to do the will of God. But what is the will of God?
For us backward, back woods Urantia mortals, the safest and best way to answer such difficult questions is always to first see how Jesus answered or what Jesus did. This one seems appropriate:
Jesus said: "The will of God is the way of God, partnership with the choice of God in the face of any potential alternative. To do the will of God, therefore, is the progressive experience of becoming more and more like God, and God is the source and destiny of all that is good and beautiful and true." (1431)
Here is another that is extremely helpful:
"The human Jesus saw God as being holy, just, and great, as well as being true, beautiful, and good. All these attributes of divinity he focused in his mind as the 'will of the Father in heaven.'" (2085)
Just as with spiritual or divine values to which no precise definition can be given, so with the "will of God." Its definition is "circumstantial"--dependent on circumstances, some of which may be extremely complex.
All of the terms, holy, just, great, true, beautiful, and good are indefinable and often relative. We are told that we can know God more by the life of Jesus than by his teachings. Again though, incidents in his life are not likely to be independent of the circumstances in which they happen. We have to get a "feel" for how Jesus would react in particular circumstances.
One good guide for how we should love our neighbor is given by the statement:
"Love, unselfishness, must undergo a constant and living re-adaptive interpretation of relationships in accordance with the leading of the Spirit of Truth. Love must thereby grasp the ever-changing and enlarging concepts of the highest cosmic good of the individual who is loved." (1950)
The term "highest cosmic good" means that in seeking to be helpful or to love another, it is not necessarily their immediate benefit that we should be concerned with. Rather we should be asking the Spirit of Truth to aid us in knowing and doing what might help them in some way to further their eternal career--or at least not to jeopardize it.
Besides the lead we get from "highest cosmic good" in serving our brothers and sisters, Jesus' words, "The will of God is the way of God" are always helpful, especially when combined with the question, "What would Jesus do in like circumstances?"
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