God is NOT in Control!
I am so tired of hearing or reading “God is in control”. That statement is a lie and is misleading people.
We are not puppets. If God was in “control” Eve would have not ate the apple, there would be no sex trafficking and no abortions. We would be free of pain and suffering.
Here’s the TRUTH.
We are indeed intended to be co-laborers with God. In order to be co-laborers we have to pray and hear from God. When we hear from God and understand His will for whatever it is we are praying for, our personal life, our country, etc … we must do, speak, or make decrees according to His will.
We can’t go through life living selfishly and soulishly and expect God’s will to be accomplished in our lives. Do you think it is God’s will that a man would become an alcoholic and die from cirrhosis of the liver? Or a woman becomes a heroin addict and dies from an overdose? NO! It is not God’s will. We have destinies to live out. And some may not see their destiny due to their choices, not God’s choice.
The Word of God tells us to pray without ceasing. Years, many years ago I began praying without ceasing. You know how you have thoughts and kinda talk to yourself, well I turned those self conversations toward Jesus. I started asking what I should wear and which route to take to work, really the most mundane of things. People actually laughed at me, they would say God doesn’t care about that stuff. But, oh my friends, He absolutely does care! You see He may want me to wear a specific top that may strike up a conversation with someone that may need to hear something, I may be the vessel to deliver that word. Or He may have me take an alternate route because of an accident that will happen.
I’ll be honest, I’m not 100%. Sometimes I go on auto-pilot and sometimes I just down right make selfish soulish, fleshly decisions. Sometimes I am fine, sometimes I may have missed an opportunity that I didn’t know I had and sometimes I suffer consequences for not checking in or not listening to the Holy Spirit.
I will never forget one day, actually it was last February, I picked up a friend for lunch and as we discussed where to go I pushed for Chinese food. I did not ask the Holy Spirit, I was just going by what my flesh desired. It turned out to be a decision that I would soon regret. I got so sick after eating, we did not even get out of the restaurant when I started getting sick. I had to suffer the consequences of my decision, a decision that I totally left God out of. Clearly God was not in control.
So please, stop saying God is in control, it may sound comforting, but it is a false comfort and it misleads people. It teaches people that they have no responsibility to seek and carry out God’s will.
It is true that God could reach out to someone to carry out a specific mandate and if that person is unwilling God will indeed move on to someone else to accomplish His will. We, as co-laborers with God have a responsibility the hear from Him and carry out His will as He instructs us, but He will not force us.
God’s desire is to have a strong, solid personal relationship with us. Being saved, baptized is just the beginning. Keep pressing in.
Saved By Grace ♥ Changed By Love
Cindy
#atthewellwithCindy
