God is the Man!
Currently Listening to Hi God! An Ecumenical Program Based on the Human Growth and Development of Children and All Who Are Open to Love
Ok, the arachnophobic reverse Nazi got it right. I am a goof! 
As for Mad Hatter’s comment, it does not fit my agenda, so I am going to ignore it.
Here is my answer.
We all know the story of Job. Job loved God and followed God very closely. One day Satan asked God if he could mess with Job to try to get him to leave God, and God let him.
So Satan did a lot of bad things to Job, right? But the last time Satan is mentioned in Job is in Chapter 2. What happened after that? Did Job carry on about how “God didn’t cause this, he just allows us to suffer the results of a cursed world?” Did Job’s friends tell him that he was “under attack” from “the enemy?”
No, Job never mentions Satan. In fact, Job specifically attributes what has happened to him to God. “Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” Even his wife told him to “Curse God and die!” Curse God?!?! Why not Satan, didn’t he do it?
No, and that is just my point. God is in charge here. Satan is not an independent actor. Whether we dig into the deep mire of logic about how God created Satan and knew what he would do, or if we just examine the fact that Satan had to ask God before he could do anything, the bottom line is that God is in charge.
We are not “under attack,” nor do things “just happen.” God is in charge. God is the primary mover in our lives. Hurricane Katrina was part of God’s plan, and so is every event in the life of every one of His children.
I know it does not play well for most apologists to have to say, “Yes, God causes really nasty things to happen to people,” but He does. A lot of people seem to work hard to get God “off the hook” for a lot of things, but God never tried that.
So next time you wonder why? Don’t try to get God off the hook. Instead, ask God. Better yet, try yelling at Him. It is ok, He’s a really big guy, and He can take it. In fact, my bet is that He will like it.
The honest truth is that there are times in my life when I love God, but I do not like Him. I don’t like what He does, and I don’t really care for His tactics. That is ok though. He is in charge, and I love and follow Him anyway. It is human nature for us to try to apologize for those we love, but really, don’t apologize for God. He’s the man. He can take it.
Posted 6/29/2006 3:02 PM
6 Comments:
“Who’s in charge?” “YOU are!!”
Sometimes we have less confidence in God than backslidden Israel had in their idols (Judges 6:31):
But Joash replied to the hostile crowd around him, “Are you going to plead Baal’s cause? Are you trying to save him? Whoever fights for him shall be put to death by morning! If Baal really is a god, he can defend himself…”
Posted 6/30/2006 6:15 PM by ThoughtForFood
Try this one for size:
“And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul’s hand. 1 Samuel 18:10″
Posted 7/7/2006 2:53 PM by novisigothsorkangaroos
So what you are saying is that when Saul took the javelin and trew it at David, Saul was moved by God, and since David was a man of God, in effect:
God took a pot shot at Himself and missed.
Interesting . . .
Posted 7/8/2006 9:03 PM by ThinkingOnTheEdge
How ’bout this one?
“So now the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours. The Lord has decreed disaster for you.” 1 Kings 22:23
Refering to Ahab’s prophets before he went and got killed.
Posted 7/12/2006 12:38 AM by madhatterb78
that is so true. God did not give us yelling voices for nothing. alot of people think if they yell at God he will smite them or something when it is the oposite he will give you life and knowledge if you would only ask!. have a good week. later
Posted 8/11/2006 2:39 PM by mynameischrisandimbored
Not very many people address that one. Good for you.
Posted 8/17/2006 9:59 PM by missionarym
