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I'd like to talk about something which must have crossed our minds many times as Christians, but we tend to sweep it and hide it under the carpet or shake it from our minds. There are times in life when bad things happen suddenly and they turn our lives upside down; and as Christians we accept these things as the will of God. We accept that God has allowed them to happen for his own purpose; but perhaps deep inside us, if we're honest, we don't approve. We don't agree with what has happened.
Now … is that a sin?
Is that the ultimate sin? Are we standing in defiance of God when we think that way? When a tragedy happens and someone suddenly dies, or someone is taken ill to such an extent that it changes all his life and the life of those around him.
We accept these things as the will of God but we say it's not fair; it's not right; it's not just. It's wrong that that poor baby had to die so young and the hurt it has caused his family and would continue to cause his family.
So, when that happens; what does God think?
Is this our human nature trying to understand what is super human?
What is not of this world? What is of God's world?
As Christians we try hard in these circumstances to hold on to our faith. We know that what happened is God's will, but our human minds can't understand why it happened; and God knows that.
God does not ask us to understand Him. He asks us to trust Him and to love Him … and as hard as it is, that's what we should try to do when tragedy happens.
Perhaps we should remember the words of Jesus on the Cross.
He said “Lord forgive them they don't know what they're doing”. So when our thoughts tempt us to say it's not right; it's not fair; it's not just that this has happened; let us think back and know for certain that God forgives us for these thoughts.
Thank you for listening. God bless you.
...thing go wrong now and then.
ReplyDelete... and when they do ...
DeleteGod bless.
Dearest Victor,
ReplyDeleteIt is only a 'human' translation of bad things being the will of God.
Don't think that God wants any murder, or mass murder like the gas chambers of the concentration camps and other cruelty throughout history. Or murder done by one person to another or several others.
All those things, no doubt will be judged by God, our Final Judge but it is not because of Him.
Was your 51st listener to the audio video.
Hugs,
Mariette
We need to differentiate between the will of God and what God allows to happen.
DeleteThe examples you give, like murder and cruelty, are examples of man working against the will of God. It is not the will of God that evil happens. It is the will of man aided by the devil.
God allows these things to happen, because if He were to interfere and stop them He would be stopping our free will. God gave us all the free will to choose good from evil. It is not His will that we choose evil; but He allows it to happen.
God bless, Mariette.
One day all those mysteries will get revealed to us...
DeletePowerful -- and necessary -- message, Victor. I immediately thought of a blogger friend whose faith stuns me. Some years ago her beloved (adult) son lost his years-long battle with cancer. As Christians, rather than being bitter, Pam and her family chose to celebrate his victory over pain and suffering. You can read about it here, if you'd like.
ReplyDeletehttps://pamelasopenwindow.blogspot.com/search/label/Death%20of%20Child
Wishing you and your family a beautiful day!
It always astounds me when I see people with such strong faith. They are an example to us all, Mevely.
DeleteWishing you all a wonderful day. Raining heavily here. God bless always.
You can't live life without some pain and heartbreak and it's not God's wish or fault to impose them on you.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, Bill. God allows things to happen; He does not cause all of them.
DeleteGod bless you.
Life will always have painful and sorrowful moments, Victor, but Jesus understands . . . He went through everything we do, and He will always help us through to the other side.
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
Yes, I agree Martha. Through all our painful moments, Jesus is there to console us and share our sorrows.
DeleteGod bless you and yours.
Things happen. I don't know if God allows them to happen or makes them happen. I prefer to think that they just happen, not even sure if God can or ever intervenes in what he has put into action or not. It is way beyond our ability to understand.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, JoeH. It is difficult for us to understand God's actions, or at times, what we perceive as His inactions.
DeleteIt was explained to me thus:
We are trains running on different tracks. We can choose which tracks we run on, (good or bad decisions in life). He sees our travels and progress, and knows that some of us will derail if we go on the tracks we have chosen. He does not interfere with our choices. We are free to choose our way. However, He might signal some of us, (or all of us), to choose a different path in life. We are still free to take note of these signals ... or not.
God bless.
Bad things to happen to us and though it is hard to go through them at the time, we can look back and see that God was with us all the time. I speak from experience!!
ReplyDeleteYes, I have noticed that in my past God was with me through the difficult times.
DeleteGod bless, Happyone.
Thanks so much. I love it when you audio the post. I like it because I can read along, sorta like closed caption. As I have said before I really enjoy the narrator you hire to read it for you. I know some of the words you would have to stumble over, but he does a great job. I also like his accent.
ReplyDeleteBTW I actually too time to read the entire side bar. So I brought my own cookies.
Take care my friend I truly enjoyed the entry.
Sherry & jack Over on the other side.
I also need a proofer I meant I TOOK the time to read the side bar....... OUCH
ReplyDeleteThank you Jack. I'm so glad you enjoyed my post today.
DeleteLet me explain. The "narrator" is actually me. These are old tapes of my radio show, "Time for Reflections" of years ago. I also have the talk written out for people who enjoy reading them too.
God bless always.
That is your voice? It is very nice. Where is the accent from? Not English.
ReplyDeleteIt is not wrong to think those thoughts when something truly bad happens, it is part of the grieving process that must be worked through. But the grieving never really ends. All my family still grieves over the loss of three family members all at once in a car accident over 30 years ago.
Yes River, these are tapes I recorded for the radio years ago.
DeleteAs you say, it is not wrong to grieve and to feel that God has perhaps abandoned us in our hour of need. Even Jesus felt this way before His arrest and death.
God bless you.
From all eternity, He knew we would bring sin into creation, that this would lead to bad things happening to us, and that He was going to work it all out for His glory in the end. Nothing takes Him by surprise, and that is most comforting, even when i am sad and sorry that things have happened a certain way.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, Mimi. From eternity God has been watching over His creations with unending love.
DeleteGod bless you.