Allowing God to Be God Paul Clements The Bible tells of men who - TopicsExpress



          

Allowing God to Be God Paul Clements The Bible tells of men who questioned God. It tells us of those who thought God was unfair or too demanding. They had to determine to let God be God. They had to let God have His way. The Bible also gives us examples of those who were able to come to an understanding of God’s ways. As we deal with life and its challenges, we are often baffled by what comes our way. Faithful Job, for example, suffered great loss and temptation. He could not understand why the righteous should have to suffer. For him that was a real problem. Was it right for God to allow him to be put to the test? If God is good, why did He allow all the bad stuff to happen to Job? Job asked for answers, and God obliged. The prophet Habakkuk was troubled by what he thought was God’s injustice in judging man. God’s people were violating God’s laws and getting away with it, or so it seemed to Habakkuk. They were not being punished as Habakkuk thought they should. They thumbed their noses at justice and right doing. Habakkuk pleaded with God for judgment. He called upon the Lord for vindication of God’s name. However, when God promised punishment, Habakkuk was not happy that the Lord was going to use a nation more wicked than his own to punish God’s people. Jeremiah had a tough preaching job. God wanted him to take His Word to a hardheaded, impenitent people. God had him proclaim a message that got Jeremiah in trouble. Jeremiah wanted to quit preaching because there were no positive responses. Yet, God would not let him quit proclaiming His Word. Each of these great men voiced his feelings and questioned God. Nevertheless, they did this with faith and trust in God. If these men questioned God, it was not to assert themselves, but it was to get answers. It was not even an option to give up on God. They did what they did to draw nearer to God that they might understand His plan for them. It seems evident in the end that each one was not doing this for any reason other than to learn God’s way and to conform to it. Remember Romans 8:28. gospelgazette/gazette/2012/jan/page12.html
Posted on: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 09:26:31 +0000

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