Saturday, February 27, 2010

God is not Guilty

This is not an origial idea. I heard a great preacher preach a message with the same title as my post. Think about the statement though. Most of us want to blame God for bad things that happen in our lives. We ask, "God, why did you treat me this way?" We need to realize that God is not guilty. Job had this attitude. When bad things started happening to Job, he said he was not going to charge God with being guilty. His statement about God giving and God taking away is still true today. Job didn't realize that Satan was the one doing the actual harm, and that God was just allowing it to happen. Hey, God is not guilty. Another instance of this in the Bible is when David lost the son he had had with Bathsheba. David prayed for the baby until he knew the baby had died, then he got up and stopped mourning. He said he was hoping for God's mercy, but it was God's decision. God was not guilty, and David didn't blame Him. Jonah and Elijah both blamed God for their problems and God almost immediately ended their ministries. God is not guilty. God knows what is best for each of us, and that is what He will arrange to happen, even if it is some form of punishment. We must all learn not to foolishly blame God for our problems.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Me and Rachel




Myself and my girlfriend (now fiancee) in Gettysburg, Pa.

God is good.

God is always good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He never makes a mistake. Often we tend to blame God for things, and to have a bad attitude about what He is doing in our lives. God is still good. Many people in the Bible had attitudes that were bad toward God, but God was still good.
Jonah was God's man, but he went away from God, and ended up in a whale's belly. God was still being good to Jonah. Not only was God being good to Jonah, God was also being good to a whole city full of people who needed to be saved. Hey, God is always good.