Isa
46:8-11 (ESV) "Remember this and stand firm,
recall
it to mind, you transgressors,
9
remember the former things of old;
for I
am God, and there is no other;
I am
God, and there is none like me,
10 declaring the end from the beginning
and
from ancient times things not yet done,
saying,
'My counsel shall stand,
and I
will accomplish all my purpose,'
11 calling a bird of prey from the east,
the man
of my counsel from a far country.
I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
I have
purposed, and I will do it.
NOTE: My view of
God's sovereignty has evolved over the years. I believe that because of the
rebellion in the garden, God has for the most part given us what we wanted:
life without his rule. And so we misinterpret this, and come to the conclusion
that God is somehow not loving, or not powerful, or not knowledgeable as
explanations for the evil in the world. We choose not to recognize that evil
and death did not exist in the world God created for us, but only came into
being after we rebelled against his rule in our life. Evil has become God's
megaphone yelling out to us, "repent and return to me and you will
experience the life I always intended." God has promised to
"recreate" our planet during the millennial kingdom as he had originally
intended.
But, despite the
fact that life is as it is because of our rebellion, God maintains a certain
amount of control. He knows the end from the beginning. And he sees a purpose.
Actually, that person is justice and his
rule over our lives again. He is working in the big picture to bring the end to
fruition. He does work in individual's lives but for our good (not our
perceived good). But for the most part, life happens, because it is what we
wanted.
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