Not Judging God for Bad Happenings, Part 1 (TMF:2358)

Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Peace to Live By: Not Judging God for Bad Happenings, Part 1 (TMF:2358) - Daniel Litton
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       One thing that unfortunately took me a long time to learn in life is not judging God for bad things that happen. And that is no matter what. My mind always wanted to go quickly to judging God—to putting blame on the Author of the Universe simply because he had the power to stop whatever it was. There was that prevailing thought, “God, you could have stopped this bad thing from happening! And because you didn’t, you are at fault!” Yes, we forfeit the model Job provided for us from way, way back and instead make God out to be the guilty one. And, this is exactly what Satan wants us to do. The enemy wants us to do this because it places us at odds with God, the only one, ironically, who can truly help us. One thing that happened to me in recent times was I lost my job after working it for about thirteen years. It wasn’t anything I did wrong, but my company moved my department to another state. I ended up not leaving Ohio and going to that different state. Nonetheless, I was out of work, and had a short time before I had to find a new job. One thing I didn’t do, however, was blame the situation on God.