Well, lately I've been having a lot of questions. Not necessarily doubts, just questions about how God works. One of my roomies said she doesn't like to ask them because she's afraid it's a sign of doubt, but I think we should because if we ask them, it means we want to know who God really is and we want to grow in our love and knowledge of Him.
Questions were as follows:
Why is David considered such an awesome guy after God when he murdered so many people?
Why did God allow polygamy when it's pretty clear that He only wanted one man with one woman?
How can we have free will if God is all knowing and we are within His will? If it's His will, how is it mine?
Starting with the first question, I came to the conclusion after much research and prayer that David was seen in such a great light because he followed the Lord with all his heart. No matter what God asked him to do, he trusted in Him and did it without question! What a truly faithful servant he was! Even I don't think I could go out and murder someone, even if God commanded it from me. We should all strive to be like David, following God everywhere He directs us and doing all He commands of us.
For polygamy, just like today, way back when the ratio of men to women wasn't exactly even... There were way more women than men. It was an issue that God had willed/allowed to happen, so he also allowed for husbands to marry more than one wife in order to solve this problem. Back then, the women were unable to provide for themselves since we weren't workers or hunters. If a woman was unmarried, she could either be a slave, become a prostitute or starve to death. Since God loved his children, he allowed polygamy to protect his precious daughters, but now that we're more capable of providing for ourselves (thanks all to God), he wants us to be back to his original plan, being one man and one women, coming together as one.
Now that moves us into free will and God's will. As I mentioned before, when God allowed for polygamy, that was His will, He was letting it happen and He knew that it would! But He also had a plan to move away from polygamy which is where we're at now! Now, let's focus! An awesome friend told me to think of free will and God's will like this: God is outside of time. Time is like this "bubble" and God is outside of it. Everything that happens is the will of God, whether it be something He allows, or something He controls. We were given the ability to choose. We were the ones who let sin into the world, and now we have the choice to either live in sin which leads to hell, or we can choose to live with God, in his love. God want's us to choose him from our own free will so he gave us that ability. So what does that mean about the rest of our choices? Since God knows what we're going to do, then how is it our choice if he already knows? Well remember, he's outside of time! He knows what we've done, what we're doing and what we're going to do. He let's us decide what choice we are going to make and we have to live with that decision because it is His will/allowance that we make that choice. He either allows us to do something, or He comes in and directs us along His path for us. We just have to listen and follow that path.
Here's another picture. For many of us, we were living in sin, not knowing God, and God ALLOWED this to happen. Since it was our decision, He let us make it. BUT, for some of us, He CHOSE us and lifted us OUT of that sin and darkness so that we can be with Him and serve Him. So, I could have continued living in sin, and God would have let me, but because He loves me, God lifted me from where I was and brought me to His kingdom, even though I in no right deserved it. God gave me a new chance at life and man, you have no idea how much I love it! If you are living in darkness, God want's you so badly. He is so much better and so much more fulfilling. I've never been so happy in my entire life. Let Him into your heart! Let him change you.
Change of topic. After my extreme joy in my knowledge that God CHOSE me!, I remembered that there are still sooo many people who live in darkness and are destined to spend an eternity in hell. Coworkers, friends, FAMILY! I've been praying that God would give me a heart for those people because I just always felt like I have a dis-connect with them and didn't really care when I should! Well, after really realizing that I was pulled out, I know what it's like to be in that hole and I remembered how it felt. I just got this overwhelming sadness for everyone who is still there and I just cried and cried. I want to help them and I pray that God will give me opportunities and boldness to drag them out. I did get the chance to talk to my brother over facebook about it (we're not much for phone chats...sad I know) and man, it did not go well. His heart was just so against what I was saying and it was so hard for me to accept that now isn't his time to really accept Jesus into his life. I know that I can't change his heart which was just really hard to deal with but I'm just going to really pray that God will open his heart and that I at least planted the seed within him. I feel like a slight failure but I guess sometimes you do get shot down but you just have to get back up and keep on going. Jesus experienced that many a time, but it didn't stop him!
This was really long...sorry haha!
Prayer Requests: Pray that God will work on my brothers heart and that He will choose Evan (brother) to be one of His children. I love him and don't want to spend eternity without him.
I will continue to work on my parents as well.
I love you all so much and thank you to those who have been helping me with answers and guidance!
Ciao,
Questions were as follows:
Why is David considered such an awesome guy after God when he murdered so many people?
Why did God allow polygamy when it's pretty clear that He only wanted one man with one woman?
How can we have free will if God is all knowing and we are within His will? If it's His will, how is it mine?
Starting with the first question, I came to the conclusion after much research and prayer that David was seen in such a great light because he followed the Lord with all his heart. No matter what God asked him to do, he trusted in Him and did it without question! What a truly faithful servant he was! Even I don't think I could go out and murder someone, even if God commanded it from me. We should all strive to be like David, following God everywhere He directs us and doing all He commands of us.
For polygamy, just like today, way back when the ratio of men to women wasn't exactly even... There were way more women than men. It was an issue that God had willed/allowed to happen, so he also allowed for husbands to marry more than one wife in order to solve this problem. Back then, the women were unable to provide for themselves since we weren't workers or hunters. If a woman was unmarried, she could either be a slave, become a prostitute or starve to death. Since God loved his children, he allowed polygamy to protect his precious daughters, but now that we're more capable of providing for ourselves (thanks all to God), he wants us to be back to his original plan, being one man and one women, coming together as one.
Now that moves us into free will and God's will. As I mentioned before, when God allowed for polygamy, that was His will, He was letting it happen and He knew that it would! But He also had a plan to move away from polygamy which is where we're at now! Now, let's focus! An awesome friend told me to think of free will and God's will like this: God is outside of time. Time is like this "bubble" and God is outside of it. Everything that happens is the will of God, whether it be something He allows, or something He controls. We were given the ability to choose. We were the ones who let sin into the world, and now we have the choice to either live in sin which leads to hell, or we can choose to live with God, in his love. God want's us to choose him from our own free will so he gave us that ability. So what does that mean about the rest of our choices? Since God knows what we're going to do, then how is it our choice if he already knows? Well remember, he's outside of time! He knows what we've done, what we're doing and what we're going to do. He let's us decide what choice we are going to make and we have to live with that decision because it is His will/allowance that we make that choice. He either allows us to do something, or He comes in and directs us along His path for us. We just have to listen and follow that path.
Here's another picture. For many of us, we were living in sin, not knowing God, and God ALLOWED this to happen. Since it was our decision, He let us make it. BUT, for some of us, He CHOSE us and lifted us OUT of that sin and darkness so that we can be with Him and serve Him. So, I could have continued living in sin, and God would have let me, but because He loves me, God lifted me from where I was and brought me to His kingdom, even though I in no right deserved it. God gave me a new chance at life and man, you have no idea how much I love it! If you are living in darkness, God want's you so badly. He is so much better and so much more fulfilling. I've never been so happy in my entire life. Let Him into your heart! Let him change you.
Change of topic. After my extreme joy in my knowledge that God CHOSE me!, I remembered that there are still sooo many people who live in darkness and are destined to spend an eternity in hell. Coworkers, friends, FAMILY! I've been praying that God would give me a heart for those people because I just always felt like I have a dis-connect with them and didn't really care when I should! Well, after really realizing that I was pulled out, I know what it's like to be in that hole and I remembered how it felt. I just got this overwhelming sadness for everyone who is still there and I just cried and cried. I want to help them and I pray that God will give me opportunities and boldness to drag them out. I did get the chance to talk to my brother over facebook about it (we're not much for phone chats...sad I know) and man, it did not go well. His heart was just so against what I was saying and it was so hard for me to accept that now isn't his time to really accept Jesus into his life. I know that I can't change his heart which was just really hard to deal with but I'm just going to really pray that God will open his heart and that I at least planted the seed within him. I feel like a slight failure but I guess sometimes you do get shot down but you just have to get back up and keep on going. Jesus experienced that many a time, but it didn't stop him!
This was really long...sorry haha!
Prayer Requests: Pray that God will work on my brothers heart and that He will choose Evan (brother) to be one of His children. I love him and don't want to spend eternity without him.
I will continue to work on my parents as well.
I love you all so much and thank you to those who have been helping me with answers and guidance!
Ciao,
Anna
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