DAD'S RAMBLINGS – Does God Play Games?
I Kings 18:8, 9, 12, 14
"And he [Elijah] answered him, 'It is I. Go, tell your master, "Elijah is here." ' So he said, 'How have I sinned, that you are delivering your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me.... And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD will carry you to a place I do not know, and when I go and tell Ahab, and he comes to find you, he will kill me. But I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth .... And now you say, "Go, tell your master, 'Elijah is here,' " He will kill me.' "
Obadiah had a hard time believing Elijah – and ultimately God – because of past experience. He thought that Elijah was playing a game with him. I once worked with an unbelieving man who wanted to paint a picture of God sitting at a huge chess-board, moving people here and there, like one big game. It reflected his fatalistic view of life. Sometimes, because I don't see the whole picture, I have the same feeling – that I am just a pawn in the game of life, that God is playing games with me, because what I thought God told me to do did not happen. I, like Obadiah, have feared God from my youth, but still sometimes I question, "God, what are You doing?" In spite of that, I still know that He is working all things for my good because I love Him (Romans 8:28). God does not play games.
TODAY'S THOUGHT: God has a purpose even when I can't see the whole game-board.
Have a trusting day. Love you.
I Kings 18:8, 9, 12, 14
"And he [Elijah] answered him, 'It is I. Go, tell your master, "Elijah is here." ' So he said, 'How have I sinned, that you are delivering your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me.... And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD will carry you to a place I do not know, and when I go and tell Ahab, and he comes to find you, he will kill me. But I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth .... And now you say, "Go, tell your master, 'Elijah is here,' " He will kill me.' "
Obadiah had a hard time believing Elijah – and ultimately God – because of past experience. He thought that Elijah was playing a game with him. I once worked with an unbelieving man who wanted to paint a picture of God sitting at a huge chess-board, moving people here and there, like one big game. It reflected his fatalistic view of life. Sometimes, because I don't see the whole picture, I have the same feeling – that I am just a pawn in the game of life, that God is playing games with me, because what I thought God told me to do did not happen. I, like Obadiah, have feared God from my youth, but still sometimes I question, "God, what are You doing?" In spite of that, I still know that He is working all things for my good because I love Him (Romans 8:28). God does not play games.
TODAY'S THOUGHT: God has a purpose even when I can't see the whole game-board.
Have a trusting day. Love you.
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