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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

BLAMING GOD

The other day I was listening to a friend who found himself in a situation he didn't bet on getting. He was on a 'mission' and felt this that this is what God wanted for him. He was all fired up at the possibility! He went on and found himself on the other side of the coin and obviously this was not on the side which he wanted to be. What he expected never happened. This was very confusing for him. "Why did God want me to go through this?" he asked me. Wait a minute… hold on…! What would he have said if everything turned out the way HE wanted it to? He automatically would've said something like, "God is GOOD!"

It seems to me the 'rule of thumb' is to praise God when things go the way we want them too but to question God when things don't go the way we want them too. This seems to be the norm with a lot of the people I encounter. They head off on a 'mission' thinking this is from God but when their eyes are opened to the reality of the situation or it turns out differently than expected, then God is on trial. This is WEIRD and SO typical of human beings. The first thing we do if things don't go our way is point fingers and unfortunately God gets the pointed finger a lot.

We call ourselves adults but we are not willing to own up to the fact that WE SCREWED UP! God is not out there to kick us in the teeth. God is not there to play games with your life! God gave us the gift of free will. So when we exercise that free will and choose the wrong option, we have SCREWED UP! It's not God's fault you find yourself in the hole after you chose to pursue something that never worked out. It's your fault! It's not God's doing. God's promise is this: Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans
I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper
you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future"
." So why would a God who said this, pick on you? That doesn't make sense.


We need to look at ourselves and understand that God gives us the gift of free will to choose whatever we want too. And most of the time we make the choices we not supposed too. In that, we do a great job convincing ourselves that this is what God wants for us because we are so fueled on our own emotions. So naturally when things go all pear-shaped, we blame God.


When we find ourselves in those situations we should know we didn't seek God enough or at all. The only way to bypass this waste of time in our lives is to be in place where we know God's will (See blog: Learning from Ab… http://ourdirtyhands.blogspot.com). When God's will is our will, we will seldom find ourselves in weird-God-blaming situations and in more GOD-IS-GOOD situations.


The Good News is that if you are in a situation right now you shouldn't be in then God is BIG enough to do something miraculous about it. Why? Because that's God! It's said in Roman 8:28 "And we know that in all things God works for the good
of those who love him,
who
have been called
according to his purpose."
God can fix it and make it right. Trust God because GOD IS GOOD!


Listen to what Joel says about God; Joel 2:13, "Rend your heart
and not your garments.
Return
to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate,
slow to anger and abounding in love,
and he relents from sending calamity."


The challenge for us is to reflect on those situations when we've wondered about God's intentions and ask ourselves;

  • How did I get into that/this situation?
  • What should I do to prevent this happening again?
  • Who do I need to speak to before I make choices?
  • How can I hear God's voice clearly in my life?
  • What do I need to do to draw closer to God?
  • Who can help me with my relationship with God?


Please bear in mind that by me saying all this does not mean we will not face trials. We WILL face trials (Read James) but WHEN we face trials, then we will know they will be GOD-IS-GOOD trials, not trials we inflicted on ourselves. That's the difference.


p.s. this blog does not include the wrong things people do to us that are not in our control.

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