What is God's sovereignty?
That is a HUGE question that has huge ramifications based upon the answer. "I knew I had to make peace with God's sovereignty, reject God all together, or settle for a lesser God who lacked the power or desire to prevent the accident." Those were three roads that I had to travel. Who is God in relation to the accident and is my view of God that will be developed good enough to support the event of the accident? Will it hold up again when tested, as I'm sure it will be?
So, is God all-powerful and in control? How much control does God truly have in my life and in the lives of those around me? I like the way the author says "as the novelist, God stands outside the story and "controls" it as the writer. But as characters in the novel, humans are free to act and to determine their own destiny." I believe that God gives us free will, letting us make our own decisions about how we choose to live our lives. Those choices can be positive or negative, but God has given us a standard in which to live and it is our choice to follow that standard.
"Belief in God's sovereignty thus gives us the security of knowing God is in control, but it also assigns us the responsibility of using our freedom to make wise choices and to remain faithful to Him." There have been days when it brings comfort to me knowing God is in control, but on the heels of that comfort is "Yea, but why does God (who is sovereign) allow tragedy? Then again, why does He give us blessings too?
Three years later, this is what I know about the accident that day and God's role in the accident:
-God was in control that day, just like He is everyday. Yet, why did He not work in such a way to have a different outcome to the story?
-At the time of the accident and for many days afterwards, God provided exactly what my friend and her children have needed.
-God was sad that day when my friend lost her husband. It grieved Him as well.
- God still uses me even though I have my own struggles with faith and trust.
The questions are still there, the struggle is very much real, but for today here is the quote that I am focused on:
"God's sovereignty allows us to believe that He is bigger then our circumstances and will make our lives better through those circumstances." It will be different, but hopefully better then what it is right now.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
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My brain hurts..I had to step away from reading this because it spoke so clearly to stuff I was wrestling with this morning..still wrestling....and my brain still hurts.
I like your last quote. I believe with all my heart that God is in our circumstances and that there are always two sides to our story: The side that we see and a side that only He sees. I trust what He sees and hope that someday I may be offered more of His perspective.
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