I will stay forcused on Him! Tomorrow's Charles Stanley devotional! What matters is that He is in control of everything and with us:
27 April
Is God in Everything?
Romans 8:28-29
Have you ever tried to “let God off the hook”? Sometimes, in the face of a horrible tragedy, we try to defend God by saying things like, “Oh, I don’t believe God had anything to do with that.”
On its face, this seems to be a perfectly rational statement. Is this not how we defend others or ourselves from hostile accusations? This is what the U.S. court system calls a “character witness.” It is the assurance from a friend of the defendant that the person charged was morally incapable of committing the crime.
When accusers confront God with the horrors of war, famine, and natural disasters, many well-meaning Christians try to be good “character witnesses” for God by asserting that He cannot be involved in such things.
The problem with this kind of thinking is that it goes against God’s sovereignty. The notion that certain evils happen without God’s allowance implies that He is powerless to stop them. The end result of this thinking is a weak God who is Himself subject to the ravages of sin.
Our God is not like that. Although we may not understand His ways, we can trust Him. (Isaiah 55:8) If we say that God has no part in our tragedies, where then is our hope? It is through our hardships that God often matures His children. Therefore, even in our darkest moments, we can trust that the Lord is there with us. |
