"Tug of War" -2

"Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law." (Psalms 94:20)
Now that you know how strange my mind works, let me try and explain what went down. Those Jewish leaders were so worried about being defiled by going into a pagan place, worried that they would not be able to participate in the Passover, yet they were trying to get that same pagan governor to execute the real Passover Lamb. Talk about mischief, that is some really twisted stuff! It's a good thing that Jesus asked for the Father to forgive them, because they were working overtime on that twisted band of mischief; if they had not gotten the crowds worked up, it might not have been so easy to pull it off; except for the fact that it was God's will it be done! Crazy, yes, call me crazy if you like; but I have seen crazy stuff happen, and I have read it happened in the Bible too. Something else I forgot to mention was Elimelech's mistake to leave Bethlehem for Moab; it might have cost him his life, as well as the lives of his two sons, but was it God's will being worked out in his mistake? Or did God use his mistake to work into His perfect will? It's like Israel's request for a king; God's will was for Israel to have Him be their King; but had they not asked for the king, then they would not have had David rule over them. So, what is this craziness I am getting at? And what is the meaning of this stupid title, "Tug of War," and why is it anything to do with this verse? Honestly, I did not know. I just typed what spoke the loudest into my heart; several different titles were yelling out, but this one spoke the loudest. The way I see it, God's will is in the middle, like a big bowl of soup, God's fabulous recipe for His perfect will. Our choices we make are on either side of the bowl, and no matter what side gets pulled in, it gets added to His fabulous wonderful soup. Crazy, right? You ask any Pastor who has studied the Bible well enough to know, and they will tell you the one thing a Christian should not say, is, "I wish that had never happened." Romans 8:28 is always used to express consolations to the bad things we suffer through; things like losing a job or a home, as if doing so will actually mean that God's giving you a better job or a bigger home. That's not how it works! We are not called into our purposes, we are called into God's purpose; not our will, but God's will. And God's will is going to be done no matter what side of the bowl you fall in from...
"Don't be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy. Even the king milks the land for his own profit! Those who have money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness! The more you have, the more people come to help you spend it. So what good is wealth -except perhaps to watch it slip through your fingers! People who work hard sleep well, whether they eat little or much. But the rich seldom get a good night's sleep. There is another serious problem I have seen under the sun. Hoarding riches harms the saver. Money is put into risky investments that turn sour, and everything is lost. In the end, there is nothing left to pass on to one's children. We all come to the end of our lives as naked and empty-handed as on the day we were born. We can't take our riches with us." (Ecclesiastes 5:8-15) NLT