Isa
8:11-13 (ESV) For the Lord spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and
warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying: 12 "Do not call
conspiracy all that this people calls conspiracy, and do not fear what they
fear, nor be in dread. 13 But the Lord of hosts, him you shall regard as holy.
Let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
NOTE: As believers
we spend far too much time and effort worrying about conspiracies, and far too
little time considering God's holiness. We believe God is in charge and yet we
don't believe he is in charge. And while he does not control men whom he has given
free will, he does know how to work out all things for our good. How does he do
that, we might ask, since he does not overrule our free will? His knowledge and
ways are far above ours. I might be able to give an explanation, but it would
be feeble and human, so I will stick with what I know from what God has
revealed in his word. We have free will. We choose to believe or not to
believe. We are not preselected to believe, that is our choice. In Romans, God
says that those he foreknew, … he predestined … he selected. In other words, he
knew our choice--he did not force our choice. He promises to bring good out of
every situation (also Romans), but does not say how he does it. He allows evil
to work in our world so that, as Jesus tells us, we might repent. No one turns
to God because life is so easy and so great. Men turned to God when everything
around them has failed and collapsed. When life is good, rejoice, but when life
is hard and evil, remember God has made one as well as the other. For myself, I
need to remember God at all times. And I need to make right choices.
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