That line... I like it, but at the same time it amazes me at what that is saying. God is EVERYTHING!? Seriously...
I feel like the next thing someone would say is... Can I quote you on that?
That is a very bold statement to be making about someone...something... a thought... that you have never met. I can imagine next time that something bad happened that they would be in your face asking who He was? Everything or was it Nothing?
I guess that is a good question, who is God? Not just the thought, or the universal idea of Him. But what is YOU'RE concept of God? Is He loving, Judgmental, Mean, Powerful, Weak, Gracious, Strict?
What strikes you? Does the thought or the topic of God just make you're spine shiver.. Or does it comfort you?
I for one, lately, have had both. God has been good to me in so many ways. But He throws in these things that just make me want to get so mad, and just forget about Him. I find myself asking why the heck did this happen, or why would He allow me to have this, just to seemingly take it away afew weeks later?
The words "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?" come to mind more than once a week.
But then I remember in lamentations... which for those of you who dont know is about a guy named Jeremiah, who just wanted to get the complaining, and the cries of his heart out!
The thing is, about half way through the book in chapter 3... He totally flips it around. He starts talking about how the Lords mercies never fail, and how they are new every morning! EVERY MORNING! And that He is ALWAYS FAITHFUL!
So lets get this straight... God allows crap to happen... but He is considered faithful? He takes things away from you, that you enjoy... Yet He is gracious and gives us all we need... in.... Him?
The woman at the well is a perfect example. This lady, honestly, she was horrible at living a "good" life! Jesus goes to the well because He knew she would be there, and starts conversing with her about living water. How HE was that water, and that HE could bring her all the fulfillment and joy that she was looking for. It took her quizzing her and He simply told her about the fact that she had had 5 husbands. Then all of a sudden she goes and tells everyone that He told her everything about her. He did? And they, even with knowing who she was, went and listened. Why?
The only reasoning in this is for one... When you meet Jesus you can't help but be changed in a dramatic way. Jesus didnt tell her everything about her, but through that one thing, it brought out many others in her heart. And secondly, they all saw that change, the change in her stature, and her voice... and it made them curious enough to see who this JESUS was!
So really if you don't know Jesus, and only know about Jesus... You can't say what or who He is... She may have heard of Him, but it wasn't till they met, that she saw and heard Jesus for herself, and it was life changing.
But that is only one little bit of a lot of questions...
So back to myself, just this week... I went to go check my schedule at work. I was supposed to have off on the 21st, so that i can fly home to my family for Christmas. Well my boss did not do what he said he would, so i am working that day now! I have been furious, furious at him, furious at everyone. Because this was supposed to be simple. My first resort was to yell at God and ask why the heck my boss didnt do what the heck he was supposed to!
So now I am faced with the choice... go home? Or work? Because the other end of this was... If I dont work that day... there is a 99% chance I wont have my job when I return.
So why would God, knowing that I have the flight tickets, and that I also do need the job... throw this at me!? Doesnt He care? Did I do something wrong to make Him teach me a lesson? I mean, I know I am a sinner so i screw up alot... but still, I am a decent guy....
I have been a Christian since the age of 7, and I am still asking this!?!?
So in closing... I am not going to answer all these questions, because honestly I do not have all the answers. I also believe a lot of these are personal questions that you need to answer for yourself...
All I can say is this, God puts hard times in our lives to make us more dependent upon Him. We tend to be very selfish... But our God is a jealous God, and is deserving of our praise and adoration.
We may not understand all the logistics of it, but we can't put God in a box.
God never gives more than we can handle, and we always have friends beside us to pick us up. A cord of three strands is not easily broken!
So who is God to you?
How are you going to respond to what life throws at you?
Where is your trust? In Him? Or in your own strength?
Galatians 2:20 - Read it!
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