I don't know if you've ever felt like all you do is make excuses for God, but I've felt like that from time to time since my Mom died. What I mean is, I take the side of the Christian but also the non-christian and I debate myself. My old nature always accuses the new of always finding loopholes for God when things don't go the way I wish they would. When I want to know why my Dad has had the life he's had, the Christian answers are you going to love God when He does what you want, or because He loves you, which is the only reason I even know what love is. When the old nature asks where are His blessings?, the Christian answers look at the blessings you do have! What am I lacking that I simply cannot do without? What has God so meanly deprived me of? So then my old nature accuses me of always finding a way out for Him, because His word always has an explanation or admonition for whatever I encounter. When I am fearful about the future what does His word say? To trust Him. When I'm angry about injustice, what does His word say, that He is the judge of all and everyone will reap what they have sown. So their judgment may not fit the judgment I would exact, but God knows the heart and judges rightly, unlike us who mostly judge after what we see. Who am I to think this finite created being can question the infinite and insist He satisfy my demands? And everytime, no matter how loud the old nature likes to argue, the debate always comes down to this: who is in charge? Is it me, or God? Because you see, it is pride in my old nature that wants it's way, wants God to be who I want Him to be, not who He is.
When I demand answers, proof, satisfaction in any way, I set myself as God's judge. How arrogant can we be?!
Sure you could go through life and sit as God's judge and convince yourself you don't have to answer to Him but rather He answer to you, and since He won't or at least not to your satisfaction you insist on unbelief, or non-belief. But what a foolish argument to make. You have a right to your opinion, but I can't get over the absurdity of a piece of playdough demanding it's maker explain itself to him. I guess that's where I'm at.
I still have the debates, or rather the old nature likes to argue, but the new understands what the old refuses to accept....I am not King.
3 comments:
VERY COOL!
You lay down a lot of Truth in a very compact way. Very sweet!
You make a point, back it up and conclude it remarkedly well.
Sorta like some brutal hardcore. Deliberate, brutal honesty that surrounds you for 3 1/2 minutes and demands that you throw your fists air!
I'm glad somebody gets something out it. I don't strive for anything, I just want to share in the hopes of just that...that somebody might get something out of it. I also appreciate the feedback, makes me feel less crazy.
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I shared it with my wife, but she's not a blogger so she couldn't leave a comment.
I like your approach, it is very cool, very compact and the points you make are easy to pass along to others that I know who are contemplating similar thoughts as you.
That's what I love about Jesus and His Word, they can speak to each individual in a personally significant way. And your entries break things down in a way that bring the Truth without coming off as preachy, but very relatable.
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