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Subject: God allowing things in our lives |
Bible Note: Dear Cheri, I disagree. I firmly believe that God will withhold no good thing from His children (Psalm 84:11). Humans have a whole skewed value system (Isaiah 5:20; Isaiah 55:8-9), failing to see the ultimate goal and glory toward which God is unfailingly guiding all things. If God deems that I am in need of cancer to ultimately conform me to the image of His son, He would never be so cruel as to keep that blessing from me (Matthew 7:11)! In Him, Doc "How do the afflictions of the godly, differ from the afflictions of the wicked? (1) The afflictions of the godly are but corrections; but those on the wicked are punishments. The one come from a Father; the other from a Judge. (2) The afflictions of the godly are fruits of covenant mercy. Afflictions on the wicked are effects of God’s wrath. Afflictions on the wicked are the pledge of hell; they are like the shackling of a malefactor, which presages his execution. (3) The afflictions of the godly make them better; but afflictions on the wicked make them worse. The godly pray more; 'Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.' Psalm 130:1. The wicked blaspheme more. 'Men were scorched with great heat–and blasphemed the name of God.' Revelation 16:9. Affliction on the godly is like bruising spices–which makes them give off a most sweet and fragrant aroma. Affliction on the wicked is like pounding weeds with a pestle–which makes them give off a foul stench. It is a sign the affliction is sanctified, when the heart is brought to a sweet submissive frame." --Thomas Watson "I am mended by my sickness, enriched by my poverty, and strengthened by my weakness... Thus was it with Manasseh, when he was in affliction, 'He besought the Lord his God' (2 Chronicles 33:12-13): even that king's iron was more precious to him than his gold, his jail a more happy lodging than his palace, Babylon a better school than Jerusalem. What fools are we, then, to frown upon our afflictions! These, how crabbed soever, are our best friends. They are not indeed for our pleasure, they are for our profit." --Abraham Wright "There is no attribute of God more comforting to his children than the doctrine of Divine Sovereignty. Under the most adverse circumstances, in the most severe troubles, they believe that Sovereignty hath ordained their afflictions, that Sovereignty overrules them, and that Sovereignty will sanctify them all. There is nothing for which the children of God ought more earnestly to contend than the dominion of their Master over all creation -- the kingship of God over all the works of his own hands—the throne of God, and his right to sit upon that throne. On the other hand, there is no doctrine more hated by worldlings, no truth of which they have made such a foot-ball, as the great, stupendous, but yet most certain doctrine of the Sovereignty of the infinite Jehovah. Men will allow God to be everywhere except on His throne." --Charles H. Spurgeon "We are called to yield to God's wise and fatherly disposal in every condition, and many times this means we are to be silent under His rod of discipline, knowing that we are in His school and that the passing sufferings we endure here will appear as nothing when we finally behold our blessed hope. God would have us depend on Him though we do not now understand our pain nor how he will bring about deliverance or purpose in it. If we do depend on Him He will often bring the improbable to pass. 'Keep quiet under afflictions oh my soul. God has acted and so I am satisfied in my judgment in what He has done. I freely take pleasure in your disposal God. You may remove my burden in due time or if you choose to keep the burden there make me pleased that your hand is in it.' In whatever condition God puts us in we should not only be content but see His good hand in it. If we choose to see evil in our condition(s), then we actually complain against God's providence for us. But remember He has promised to deliver us. In the meantime we must learn and witness to the world around us in whatever condition He has placed us in. Like David, we must say, 'it is good that I was afflicted.'" --John Hendryx |