"But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry." (Jonah 4:1, NIV)
I know people who have been here; it's sad.
You have heard, maybe even uttered or thought yourself at times, "Why does God...? Make no mistake about it; the argument is not just with God's ways, but God Himself. People read the Bible; people look at life on Planet Earth and wonder, the wars, the babies dying, poverty, slavery, millions dying from starvation, on and on. Then when they are asked about their "faith," whether or not they "believe the Bible," whether they have surrendered their life to Jesus, the response is usually, "....this seemed very wrong...."
I really don't know what to say to them. I don't know if I can say categorically why such questions have never made my love or commitment to Jesus waver. Grace? Yes, I'm sure, and in His grace is that thinking and living of Job, "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him." Personally, I believe this was at the core of God's approval of Job. Only this will enable us to survive, "in a warped and crooked generation."
This age is not yet over. There are things yet to happen in the earth which will try the faith of many. But "when the howling storms of doubt and fears assail," do as the song writer said, "by the Living Word of God I shall prevail, standing on the promises of God." To do any other is to find what another song writer said, who was actually just paraphrasing the Words of Jesus, "all other ground is sinking sand." The "ground" of Jesus Christ is His, "God-Breathed," Words. Dig deep today and keep building your life in, around, on Jesus Christ, His Words; then no matter what happens in life, you will never say to Jesus, "this seemed very wrong."
Father, in Jesus' Name, convict me if I ever adopt, "this seemed very wrong." You and Your ways are never wrong. Amen.
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* Another article on chaotic change coming in Europe: jhs58.blogspot.com
* Please pray with us on a computer decision
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
