Sermons About Marah
Where You Go I Will Go Part 1
Typically, if you have faith in God, when things go well, you want to thank Him. You say, "Thank you God for giving me this raise," or "Thank you God for letting that officer not give me a ticket." But when things go poorly, well that's a different story. We might yell at God, "Why did you cause this to happen?" We might yell, "Why didn't you stop this?" Maybe we blame ourselves for making a mistake. Maybe we blame someone else or some impersonal force in the universe. The million dollar question though is, "Can you rise up and call God blessed and thank Him for each and every circumstance in your life whether good or bad?" If you feel like God is good and just and not only in control but actually decreed that your circumstances will happen, it is possible. If you feel like God is not in control and does not decree all the circumstances that will happen you either get mad that He didn't do something or you are left to mumble catch phrases like, "Well God has a purpose and plan in everything." Now, I believe scripture speaks to God having a purpose and plan in everything, however, I'll tell you this though. If God did not ordain and decree all things to happen, saying He has a purpose and a plan reduces Him to a cosmic janitor that runs around and cleans up our messes. The book of Job offers a lot of insight into the way that God interacts with us and sums it up well in Job 23:13 "But God is unchangeable, and who can turn him back? What He desires and decrees, that he does." God is not frustrated or restrained by anything much less weak creatures like us. God does have a purpose and plan for everything: His and only His. So amid the most difficult or even the most joyous of circumstances, we need to ask ourselves this Big Picture Question: No matter the circumstance or condition of life, can you rise up and call God "blessed" and "good"?
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