Early in my pursuit of salvation, I was given to understand that a Christian must not sin. At 11-13 years of age it seemed that anything I could think of could be sinful. Sunday night evangelistic services were times of repentant soul searching and preparation for Heaven. Then it seemed the next six days were spent preparing to go to Hell… dealing with authority, swearing, lying about homework, hormones, and on it goes. More than once I posed the impossibility of God’s expectations to His ever listening ears. “Why should I be branded a ‘sinner’ just because I came into existence? Why should I be expected to change or else burn in Hell? … forever? All I did was be born and at that moment somebody whacked me on the butt and it's been down hill ever since? Lord, I want no part of your celestial experiment. Can’t I just skip this eternity bit?”
Have you ever had second thoughts about God’s authority, His integrity, or His rightness? Have you ever been angry or irritated at God? Have untimely deaths, lives of deformity and unending illness ever challenged your faith or trust in God Almighty? More than likely, we have all dealt with such uncomfortable questions.
I have concluded; God has chosen to do as He has done and will continue to do as He chooses… today and tomorrow. God is the complete and total image of omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence. He is sovereign and in absolute control of all things. All things are proceeding according to His divine and sovereign plan. In all that He does, He does not answer to us or to any authority. He can and will do as He pleases! … and He understands me and loves me anyway.
Richard L. Grimes
(ã 2005 God Ain’t What He’s Cracked Up To Be… RLG
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