If you’re a Christian and have walked with God, there should be instances if you bear in mind when God stated no to you. It is likely one of the most annoying emotions that may make you query all the things. We consider that God is sovereign and that he’s almighty, so nothing is simply too tough for him. We additionally consider his phrases within the Bible which inform us that we should always make all our requests and requests identified to Him. So what will we do once we current our request to God and He says no?
Just lately, a pal, author and hardworking daughter of God handed away all of a sudden. When our church obtained phrase that it wanted prayer, we did what God informed us to do, we prayed, we fasted, after which we prayed some extra. We believed that the God of all miracles would heal her. We believed that nothing was too tough for God. Our prayers had been prayers of religion and full belief in God and his capacity to do the inconceivable. However she died. It appeared to me that our prayers had been in useless. It appeared to me that God didn’t hear them. All of it appeared actually unfair. In our opinion, this could not have been the end result.
My solely comfort was to return to the e-book of Job. In chapter 38, God answered Job's considerations about why he was attacked. Studying this chapter shouldn’t be snug, however it offers perception. God requested Job the place he was when the earth was being shaped; if he ever commanded a blow from his beginning; if he commanded it to rain, amongst many different questions. The purpose is that our restricted minds can’t comprehend the infinite complexities of the universe.
It jogged my memory that even after I ask God, I’ve to recollect that there’s a lot I don't know. And it’s due to this 'not figuring out' that I discover it arduous to be indignant with God when he says no, only for the straightforward incontrovertible fact that I wasn't there when he created one thing or when he organized this world. Who am I to make calls for with the restricted data I’ve? And even when I make calls for, do I’ve a proper to be upset if it wasn't the answer God had?
I nonetheless don't perceive why God does what He chooses to do, however I do know His coronary heart is sweet. I do know that He’s nonetheless merciful and gracious. As a result of if we're sincere, we're not good and we don't deserve something good. We’re sinful, and the wages of sin is loss of life—however God forgave us and reconciled us to him, so we’ve got life by him. Even after reconciliation, we nonetheless sin and switch our backs on God, however he forgives us every day. In Psalm 8:4, David contemplated God's creation after which requested:What’s an individual that you simply bear in mind him?”
The world is way greater than our perspective. There may be an excessive amount of for anybody to grasp, and we’ve got to consider that God's plans are effectively executed, even once we don't see it that manner. When John the Baptist spent his life making ready the way in which for Jesus, he requested him if he was the Messiah when he was in jail and about to be beheaded.
There are occasions in our lives once we marvel why or what God is doing, however let's keep in mind that we don't at all times perceive, however we are able to belief him. When God says no and we don't perceive, we should always belief his coronary heart and his character – he’ll handle us.
In reminiscence of Victoria Richards, worldwide author. Could her work proceed to bless others.
