God Can, but Sometimes Won't
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:02 amOmnipotence. God is all powerful. He can do anything. He can heal all diseases an empty all hospital wards. He can eradicate all crime and stop the abuse of all innocent victims. He can extinguish all wars and squash out all injustice. He can bring harmony to all people and feed all hungry stomachs. He can alleviate all problems that cause mortal agony and eliminate physical death. No, ifs, buts or buts. He has all power.
We must understand that God's omnipotence is never in question when it come to freedom from suffering. There is no crisis from which there is no deliverance, since deliverance can come through physical death. Rather, liberation from pain and trauma is a question of His sovereignty.
What does this magnificent word, sovereignty mean? Answer: God will do anything He wants to do, bound only by His own character. In other words, if freedom from that produces pain is part from His master plan, the individual will be rescued; if not God has another purpose for the life of the person that is gurannteed to bring Him the most glory.
If He wants to deliver Daniel from salivating jaws of hungry lions, or let James get decapitated, or let Peter experience angelic escort from prison, or permit thousands of Christians to get martyred in Roman coliseums, or to allow His only Son, Jesus, to suffer the cruel death of crucifixation to satisfy His justice, He will.
Brian understand this principle. He has learned it the hard way. His 18-year-old eyes communicated mischief. Four years ago Brianwas riding his 10-speed bicycle when drunken driver careened across the median strip and hit him broadside. Brian pitched head over heals for 30 yards. The next thing he remembered was the soft touch of a nurse's hand on his forehead--five days later.
As a paraplegic, Brain has battled the icy grip of self-pity. He's grappled with the seductive whisper of suicide. But, He has won tremendous victory. He has accepted God's sovereignty in the whole matter.
Brian's physical condition has made marginal improvements. His attitude, however has made a 180-degree turn, from cyclical with rage and hopelessness to sparkling eyes filled with an eternal purpose for living. He has become ''wounded healer'', comforting others wherein he has been comforted.
Remember, God's omnipotence reveals that He can instanlty heal even a young man required by the facts of medical science to spend the rest of his days in a wheelchair. But God's omnipotence is not in question. The real issue is His sovereignty.
Will God get more glory out of miraculous healing that battles the doctors with their x-rays and empirical data? Or will He obtain more glory form Brian's pure testimony of His faithfulness and love in spite of the heart ache of his predicament? Only God knows. And He does knows.
They ve been pray in faith, believing for Brian's healing, knowing full well that God can do anything. At the same time, they submit their requests to God's sovereignty. They also pray that God will strengthen Brian's inner-soul capacity, trusting that he will cling fiercely to God's promises and not to focus on the question of ''fairness.''
Either way provides the opportunity to give God all the glory and honor; supernatural provision of patience and trust. Its a double win-win situation. This principle holds true in every circumstance that happen to us, whether good or bad, ''fair' of ''unfair''.
Submitting to God's sovereignty keep us in the possible of humble servants who are available, with tender hearts to serve Him regardless of the uncontrollable, life-changung events that help to determine our lot in life. We choose to draw our water from the well that never runs dry. We studiously avoid the satanicsnares of trying to evaluate the ''fairness'' of our particular set of circumstances and comparing our lives with others.
Any appraoch other than of yielding to His sovereignty leaves us high and dry. Either we drown in a pool of rationalized self-pity or we become little monster demanding that God serve us at our bidding. Of Course, these routes causes us to forfeit the privilege of seeing the fourth Man in the furnace and cause us to relinquish the joy of seeing hungry lions get their mouths shuts. We go through life being pulled by our ego, needs, wants, and demands.
God knows our true need. For some of us, the need is for one or more in explicable, earth-shaking situation(s) that captures our attention and causes us to focus on eternal valuesl like never before For others, the need maybe different. We may not pass through such intense encounters with pain. Oh yes, we hurt at times an it is the same type of pain, but outward circumstances maybe les dramatic.
God can deliver, but sometimes He won't. Why? Because He is working all things together for His purpose. And our response? Trust. Humble, child-like trust.
Is God ''fair''? No, not from our limited, earthly perspective. But is He
JUST and MERCIFUL? ABSOLUTELY.
We are just passing through this period of ''child-training'' here on earth. While we continue to be responsible with our daily tasks, let's keep our eyes upon glory of the hereafter regardless of the seeming ''unfairness'' of God in the present. God is not ''fair''. He is JUST.
Humble ourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift us in due time. Cast our anxiety to Him because He cares for us.
Be self-controlled and alert. Our enemy the devil prowls like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour, Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because we know that our brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of suffering.
And the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory in Christ, after we have suffered a little while will himself restore us and make us strong, firm and steadfast. To Him the power forever and ever amen.
(1 Peter 5:6-11; NIV)
This page it taken from "God is not fair" book..
bless all, sla
We must understand that God's omnipotence is never in question when it come to freedom from suffering. There is no crisis from which there is no deliverance, since deliverance can come through physical death. Rather, liberation from pain and trauma is a question of His sovereignty.
What does this magnificent word, sovereignty mean? Answer: God will do anything He wants to do, bound only by His own character. In other words, if freedom from that produces pain is part from His master plan, the individual will be rescued; if not God has another purpose for the life of the person that is gurannteed to bring Him the most glory.
If He wants to deliver Daniel from salivating jaws of hungry lions, or let James get decapitated, or let Peter experience angelic escort from prison, or permit thousands of Christians to get martyred in Roman coliseums, or to allow His only Son, Jesus, to suffer the cruel death of crucifixation to satisfy His justice, He will.
Brian understand this principle. He has learned it the hard way. His 18-year-old eyes communicated mischief. Four years ago Brianwas riding his 10-speed bicycle when drunken driver careened across the median strip and hit him broadside. Brian pitched head over heals for 30 yards. The next thing he remembered was the soft touch of a nurse's hand on his forehead--five days later.
As a paraplegic, Brain has battled the icy grip of self-pity. He's grappled with the seductive whisper of suicide. But, He has won tremendous victory. He has accepted God's sovereignty in the whole matter.
Brian's physical condition has made marginal improvements. His attitude, however has made a 180-degree turn, from cyclical with rage and hopelessness to sparkling eyes filled with an eternal purpose for living. He has become ''wounded healer'', comforting others wherein he has been comforted.
Remember, God's omnipotence reveals that He can instanlty heal even a young man required by the facts of medical science to spend the rest of his days in a wheelchair. But God's omnipotence is not in question. The real issue is His sovereignty.
Will God get more glory out of miraculous healing that battles the doctors with their x-rays and empirical data? Or will He obtain more glory form Brian's pure testimony of His faithfulness and love in spite of the heart ache of his predicament? Only God knows. And He does knows.
They ve been pray in faith, believing for Brian's healing, knowing full well that God can do anything. At the same time, they submit their requests to God's sovereignty. They also pray that God will strengthen Brian's inner-soul capacity, trusting that he will cling fiercely to God's promises and not to focus on the question of ''fairness.''
Either way provides the opportunity to give God all the glory and honor; supernatural provision of patience and trust. Its a double win-win situation. This principle holds true in every circumstance that happen to us, whether good or bad, ''fair' of ''unfair''.
Submitting to God's sovereignty keep us in the possible of humble servants who are available, with tender hearts to serve Him regardless of the uncontrollable, life-changung events that help to determine our lot in life. We choose to draw our water from the well that never runs dry. We studiously avoid the satanicsnares of trying to evaluate the ''fairness'' of our particular set of circumstances and comparing our lives with others.
Any appraoch other than of yielding to His sovereignty leaves us high and dry. Either we drown in a pool of rationalized self-pity or we become little monster demanding that God serve us at our bidding. Of Course, these routes causes us to forfeit the privilege of seeing the fourth Man in the furnace and cause us to relinquish the joy of seeing hungry lions get their mouths shuts. We go through life being pulled by our ego, needs, wants, and demands.
God knows our true need. For some of us, the need is for one or more in explicable, earth-shaking situation(s) that captures our attention and causes us to focus on eternal valuesl like never before For others, the need maybe different. We may not pass through such intense encounters with pain. Oh yes, we hurt at times an it is the same type of pain, but outward circumstances maybe les dramatic.
God can deliver, but sometimes He won't. Why? Because He is working all things together for His purpose. And our response? Trust. Humble, child-like trust.
Is God ''fair''? No, not from our limited, earthly perspective. But is He
JUST and MERCIFUL? ABSOLUTELY.
We are just passing through this period of ''child-training'' here on earth. While we continue to be responsible with our daily tasks, let's keep our eyes upon glory of the hereafter regardless of the seeming ''unfairness'' of God in the present. God is not ''fair''. He is JUST.
Humble ourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift us in due time. Cast our anxiety to Him because He cares for us.
Be self-controlled and alert. Our enemy the devil prowls like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour, Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because we know that our brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of suffering.
And the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory in Christ, after we have suffered a little while will himself restore us and make us strong, firm and steadfast. To Him the power forever and ever amen.
(1 Peter 5:6-11; NIV)
This page it taken from "God is not fair" book..
bless all, sla
dont thanks me sis