Childlike Faith: I don’t know where He came from. I can’t comprehend eternity, and that scares me. I do believe that He is. He is love. He loves me. He is all powerful, all knowing, all wise, and ever present. I know that my effectiveness with all people and in al situations today will be optimal as I cling tenaciously to (and diligently work to improve) my relationship with Him. Nothing happens to me that He cannot use to bring me closer to reconciliation to Him, which is salvation and seems to be His goal for humanity. Just because He does not control all people and all circumstances so that nothing but good things happen to me, it does not mean He is lacking in power. It means His wisdom sometimes precludes it. Sort of like when parents’ wisdom causes them to act in ways that seem unfair until we know what they know. His decision to allow bad things to happen is accompanied by a promise to “work all things together for good to them that love Him” (Paul, Romans, the Bible). He also offers to meet our need for love, joy, peace, strength, security, companionship, and all else. I am alone. But that’s not His fault. Stuff happens. The existence of sin and evil means that sometimes the “stuff” is bad. It is inappropriate to blame Him or expect Him to prevent or remove every unpleasantness or those things we deem tragic. I can’t explain why He intervenes so clearly in some situations, but seems far away in others. There is much about God that I can’t understand. I trust Him anyway.
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 04:56:47 +0000
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