Thinking Out Loud | Thursday, April 28, 2005
Has been thinking for some time now that throughout my Christian life, I have heard my friends who were very committed to God and would spent long hours praying and worshipping God with all their hearts and minds that you would never guess that they would in the end become prodigal sons and daughters. When pressed for an answer, they would say that life has to move on and that we can''t get stuck in that stage forever and i was thinking that all their reasons sounds true and authentic but there is something lacking in their answers. I was sad that we were commanded to transform the world we are supposed to be live and yet many times i see the opposite happens that we are conformed to this world. When God did not answer our prayers or some disasters happen that shocked and terrify us, we quickly questioned the goodness of God and even come to the conclusion that God is dead, there is no God after all in this world or better still, there is a God but He is handicapped in some way. That brings me to question our theology which we have received from young and ask questions such as "What happened to the God who brough Israel from the Red Sea, who supplied Israel out of His goodness and mercy? You see, everybody has their own definition of who God is in his/her mind and when that god in their mind fails to perform to his required duty or function, we become disappointed and angry with God but the truth of the matter is that we cannot lock God in our minds for He is far greater and powerful than our minds can ever comprehend. I like the way Daniel''s three friends treated God in their mind in Daniel 2. They were in danger and their lives could be forfeited at anytime if they refused to bow down before Nebuchanezzar''s golden statue and their reply correctly show the attitude they have before God. The God, they served and believed would deliver them out of harm''s way and they added this one statement that made an impact out of my mind would ever know, that they would not bow down even if the God whom they serve did not rescue them (paraphrase mine). I was thinking that even at their deathbeds, they were holding their belief and faith in God so strongly that they would not forsake HIm and throughout the Bible, God delivered them out of harm''s way.I am not talking
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