Why does God let bad things happen to good people? Is the normal question. But you could also look at it from the offenders side (in the cases of human evil, not natural disasters and such).
Why doesn't God stop evil people? Because he's trying to win them over too. In fact, we're all evil. God doesn't come in a big thunderstorm when you sin, right? And he doesn't prevent you from sinning (physically) most of the time. God doesn't prevent you from sinning for several reasons. First of all, it wouldn't help at all, you are desiring the sin, and when God limits your options, well, that's just circumstances so you will look towards other things. Second, God will let you experience the negative results of your sin (for instance the damaged marriage of an affair) so that you can see your two options more clearly. God is amazing, and sin is also stupid and destructive.
Side note: Sometimes God does prevent evil, remember. If he didn't, evil wouild be running rampant. He intervenes in life all the time. Thank him or upholding the universe. Also know that all good things ever done are due to God. We don't kill eachother because our concience (created by God) reminds us instincively not to because all people are made in the image of God and we should not intervene in his good work.
Summary: god allows people to do bad things in order to keep wooing them to himself. Plus he prevents evil and upholds the universe all the time.
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08 June 2011
What does god do for us?
I woke up this morning tired (5:50 am) with my mind still groggy. I have this illusion that if I know God, that will make me energetic and happy all the time. Only the second part is half true in the sense of joyful.
But anyway, I wasn't feeling the effects of God very much, so I asked myself "what does god do for us?" Essentially, why hasn't he given me something solid to feed on so that I can be energetic all the time? Which is a misled question, but it came to decent results.
Start by thinking from Gods perspective (I didn't, but evetually go there). You made man and he tends to worship everything that you give him instead of yourself. What can you do for him? What is the best thing you can give him? Well, the best thing in the world is God himself. God gave himself to us by creating us and sutaining our existence, he primarily gave himself to us on the cross, taking out damage/imperfection on himself so that we could still be with him (and being with him is the best thing for us), he has given his word to us, which is the best knoweldge, the knowledge that he is the center of the universe, because that is the most important and central fact of the universe, and he gives himself daily to us in many small ways. Oh yeah! And he gave us the world, which is in his image, as a giant love letter.
God won't often give rest, energy, or anything else when we want it, because then we would take it for granted, worship it instead of God, and miss the truly best thing for us. Besides, we don't really NEED rest and all that, what we really need is God. Gad can change our circumstances in a moment, but he has given our free will to us, and must instead woo us to himself instead of plowing us over with gifts and peace like he wants to.
Hear that? God wants to give us everything, he gave himself, but he can't give us all the lesser stuff until we recognize that he is God above all Gods, God alone, creater of heaven and earth, the source from which all good things come (James 1:17, coming right after a section on temptation), and the foundation of all things. For from him and through him and to him are all things, to him be the glory forever, amen! (Romans 11:36).
So, recognize the giver of all good things, seek after him, and you will find the best thing, himself.
This is DEFINETLY not saying that once you find god he will give you a mansion and early retirement. There are several reasons: first we will never in this life be perfectly devoted to God, second we have been called to serve his kingdom and preach to angry, dissatisfied, persecuting people ("They will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name." Luke 21:12), and third God will give us innumerable delightful things, art, nature, grand projects and whathot in heaven. That's when he unleashes his creative and fun side.
Got it? Good. Glory be to the God of heavenly lights forever!
But anyway, I wasn't feeling the effects of God very much, so I asked myself "what does god do for us?" Essentially, why hasn't he given me something solid to feed on so that I can be energetic all the time? Which is a misled question, but it came to decent results.
Start by thinking from Gods perspective (I didn't, but evetually go there). You made man and he tends to worship everything that you give him instead of yourself. What can you do for him? What is the best thing you can give him? Well, the best thing in the world is God himself. God gave himself to us by creating us and sutaining our existence, he primarily gave himself to us on the cross, taking out damage/imperfection on himself so that we could still be with him (and being with him is the best thing for us), he has given his word to us, which is the best knoweldge, the knowledge that he is the center of the universe, because that is the most important and central fact of the universe, and he gives himself daily to us in many small ways. Oh yeah! And he gave us the world, which is in his image, as a giant love letter.
God won't often give rest, energy, or anything else when we want it, because then we would take it for granted, worship it instead of God, and miss the truly best thing for us. Besides, we don't really NEED rest and all that, what we really need is God. Gad can change our circumstances in a moment, but he has given our free will to us, and must instead woo us to himself instead of plowing us over with gifts and peace like he wants to.
Hear that? God wants to give us everything, he gave himself, but he can't give us all the lesser stuff until we recognize that he is God above all Gods, God alone, creater of heaven and earth, the source from which all good things come (James 1:17, coming right after a section on temptation), and the foundation of all things. For from him and through him and to him are all things, to him be the glory forever, amen! (Romans 11:36).
So, recognize the giver of all good things, seek after him, and you will find the best thing, himself.
This is DEFINETLY not saying that once you find god he will give you a mansion and early retirement. There are several reasons: first we will never in this life be perfectly devoted to God, second we have been called to serve his kingdom and preach to angry, dissatisfied, persecuting people ("They will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name." Luke 21:12), and third God will give us innumerable delightful things, art, nature, grand projects and whathot in heaven. That's when he unleashes his creative and fun side.
Got it? Good. Glory be to the God of heavenly lights forever!
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