Would You Annul God's Judgment?
There are times when we do not understand why things happen to us. As believers, we know that nothing happens to us that God does not cause or allow to enter our lives. However, it is still hard to figure out what God is doing in our lives, when we just don't understand His reasons. When we experience physical pain and loss of loved ones like Job did, we are tempted to do the same thing he did. He doubted God's judgment in doing what He had done. That is why he wanted to talk to God about it. Then, after he heard God speak, he changed his mind. He knew that he should not have questioned God. At that point God drove home a very important truth to Job.(Job 40:6-8) We all need to hear what God told Job and answer the questions for ourselves, instead of falling into the same reaction Job had.
God asked, "Would you indeed annul My judgment?" Are we proud enough to say that we would have done things differently than God? Do we really think that we could rule the universe better than Him and cause all things to work together for good for those who love Him, as He can? That is foolishness, but we tend to do that all of the times that we get mad at God for not getting our way or for the fact that He does not help us as soon as we think we need it. We think that if we could just strike God's judgment, His course of action, and insert our own, that things would be much better. We are deceiving ourselves when we come to that conclusion.
Also, God asked, "Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?" What a great question! God sees that often we would say that God did wrong to justify ourselves. We would put God down for doing such things, so that we could make our ways seem better than His. Again, that is great foolishness. God never sins; He never makes a mistake. How could we win in court against Him? Why would we think we could condemn Almighty God? It is only pride and selfishness, but it happens to all of us at times. We need to repent like Job did and admit that we are vile. We need to confess that God is holy and His judgment is always righteous. Then, and only than will our lives line up with God's will as they should.
Tomorrow, I intend to read Job 42 and Psalms 1-2.
God asked, "Would you indeed annul My judgment?" Are we proud enough to say that we would have done things differently than God? Do we really think that we could rule the universe better than Him and cause all things to work together for good for those who love Him, as He can? That is foolishness, but we tend to do that all of the times that we get mad at God for not getting our way or for the fact that He does not help us as soon as we think we need it. We think that if we could just strike God's judgment, His course of action, and insert our own, that things would be much better. We are deceiving ourselves when we come to that conclusion.
Also, God asked, "Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?" What a great question! God sees that often we would say that God did wrong to justify ourselves. We would put God down for doing such things, so that we could make our ways seem better than His. Again, that is great foolishness. God never sins; He never makes a mistake. How could we win in court against Him? Why would we think we could condemn Almighty God? It is only pride and selfishness, but it happens to all of us at times. We need to repent like Job did and admit that we are vile. We need to confess that God is holy and His judgment is always righteous. Then, and only than will our lives line up with God's will as they should.
Tomorrow, I intend to read Job 42 and Psalms 1-2.