Monday, February 24, 2014

DOUBLE FOR THE TROUBLE!!

"verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. For all the day long have been plagued, and chastened every morning". Psalm 73:13-14. My friend, don't pretend that you are so pious and holy. Just like Asaph, "I been there and have done it". Evil and suffering..What's the point God? Why suffering? Katrina, Sandy, Ivan, loved ones passing, accident, lay offs, 9-11, special needs children born to good people, tornado, split in the church, flooding, "HUMM- let me stop it. The atheist says " that proves that God doesn't exist". Pantheist explains why evil is not ultimately evil. We Christians struggle with this question, "What's the point God"? Years ago, In my 6-7 years old kids Sunday School Class I asked them to write a letter to God. Three of them read like this: "Dear God, are you really invisible or is that just a trick?". "Dear God, did you mean for a giraffe to look like that or was that an accident?". Dear God, if only the children of God walked through the dry land in the red sea, what happened to the grown ups? Asaph says in this Psalm: Ungodly appear prosperous and ungodly appear popular, What's up God?(Verses 3-5). Finally his inner conflicts explodes in verses 13 and 14. Hey hey, God is eternal, infinite, omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. Why should you and I who are not eternal, infinite, omniscient, omnipresent, or omnipotent expects to figure out God's ways? Like in the case of Asaph, God wants us to resist expressing doubts, He wants us to return to God, Review the big picture because the curtain hasn't fallen yet, and Re-establish faith in God. BRO. Like in the story of Job, when everything is over: GOD WILL BLESS YOU WITH "DOUBLE FOR YOUR TROUBLE"!! HE IS THE PRESENT IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE. Y'ALL HEAR ME!!!

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