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Do we have the right to give God advice or criticize His ways?
Have you ever asked why God allows suffering? Or why bad things happen to good people?
When my granddaughter died of SIDS at the young age of 7 months I was full of questions. In my quest for answers, I leaned closer to God. But there are some people who lean away. They don’t get the answers they seek and their faith is weakened because of it. So, why was my response different?
From my study of scripture, I’ve learned that I will never fully understand the mind of God. He is God. I am His creation. He doesn’t owe me an answer.
“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?” “Who has ever given to God, that God should repay them?” For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. (Romans 11:34–36, NIV)
To try and give God advice or criticize His ways is ludicrous.
Who can fathom the Spirit of the Lord, or instruct the Lord as his counselor? (Isaiah 40:13, NIV)
But which of them has stood in the council of the Lord to see or to hear his word? Who has listened and heard his word? (Jeremiah 23:18, NIV)
When I step back and take a moment to focus on my breathing, I’m made aware of my complete and absolute dependence on God. There is nothing I can do without Him. I can’t make my blood pump through my veins. I can’t make my lungs expand to take in air. I can’t make my diaphragm and muscles contract. Without God, I am nothing.
God is the Alpha and the Omega. He created the Universe. He is the Source. He is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent.
Although I don’t know the answer to many of my questions, I know the God Who does. And I trust Him.
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