Saturday, November 11, 2017

"On Every Level"

"The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies." (Psalms 104:18)
As you might have figured out by now, those that might plot to destroy and to go against God, they too are all part of God's great purpose. Actually, there is nothing that goes on here that God is not aware of, nor, that He has not already determined it's outcome and is using it for His purposes; not a single thing. This is One amazing and powerful God that we serve, He can take any and every thing that happens here, and He can turn it around to suit His purposes. I was thinking about how many times that I have messed up my life; some of those times, I seriously wish there were ways to do things over. But God's peace came upon me, almost as if He was telling me that everything was alright. Even though some of those things made me sick to my stomach to think about, making me groan inside for having allowed myself to do them, God was somehow telling me that His grace was enough to override every last one of those mistakes and wrong doings. I was thinking of Adam and Eve, how Adam appeared to throw Eve under the bus, as he blamed his eating of the fruit on her, as if she made him do it. And as I was thinking of that, I could not help but think of Jesus' answer to the Pharisees regarding the putting away of one's wife with a writing of divorcement; He said, "Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so." (Matthew 19:8) You see, it might have seemed that Adam blamed Eve for his failure to keep the one thing that God commanded, but in reality, Adam blamed God. That might not seem like such a unbelievable thing to understand, not if you were looking at it from Adam's point of view. For him, everything was spiritually perfect prior to God giving him Eve; sure, there might have been some physical issues; everything else had a mate, but where was his? Again, God does not miss anything that goes on here; not a single little thing, not even the thoughts of our hearts. We plot, we deceive, we do whatever it is we can think of doing; yet there is nothing hidden from God, even if all of those things go no further than our minds, He still knows the real desires of our hearts. But you see, even the greatest of man's mistakes, God can still turn it around and use it for good. So, what the heck does any of this have to do with wild goats and conies? Maybe it's just about the high hills and rocks? After all, the real message is about refuge...
""But," some might say, "our sinfulness serves a good purpose, for it helps people see how righteous God is. Isn't it unfair, then, for him to punish us?" (This is merely a human point of view.) Of course not! If God were not entirely fair, how would he be qualified to judge the world? "But," someone might still argue, "how can God condemn me as a sinner if my dishonesty highlights his truthfulness and brings him more glory?" And some people even slander us by claiming we say, "The more we sin, the better it is!" Those who say such things deserve to be condemned." (Romans 3:5-8) NLT

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