Throughout
the Old Testament, there were prophets who just expected God to do what He said
He would do. We are so afraid of getting it wrong, that we appear not to even
trust God for what He has already declared He will do. Our logic and rationale
just will not let us have the faith that is necessary to receive the assurance
that God will fulfill all of His promises.
How
many times has something turned around for you that made absolutely no sense
when you recalled it? Things worked out in a way that you would have never
foreseen. Why is it so hard to expect God to move in His infinite power that
make no sense to our finite minds? We blame human nature for our lack of faith
instead of rebuking our fears and doubt. Our human nature tells us that fire is
hot, so we avoid touching it with our bare hands. Why? Experience. Human nature
should do the opposite of what we blame it for. All the times God has come
through, turned something around, provided for us, and healed us should cause
even our human nature to believe that He is able and will do it. Why?
Experience.
We
live in a fallen world, and things are not perfect. Our plans sometimes have to
be scrapped or reworked. That does not mean that God is not God. Bad things happen,
innocent people get hurt, babies die. We cannot wrap our minds around a God who
allows such suffering, but we aren’t Him. We don’t get to judge Him. Sure, we
will have times when we blame Him, reject Him perhaps, are angry with Him, and
even do not trust Him. Those times don’t make Him any less God. He still loves
us through those times. He still heals us through those times. He still
provides for us through those times. And He is still God through those times.
Believing in Him doesn’t cause Him to be, just like not believing in Him doesn’t
cause Him to cease being.
Sovereignty is what
it is. God does whatsoever He chooses to do, but what He WILL NEVER do is break
a promise to you, my friend. If He promised never to leave you, He is right
there with you – through it all. If He promised to provide for you, that is
what He is doing – in His way and His timing. Stop expecting God to do what you
would do, and expect Him to be God.
