Faithful Pathways: All God

In a time in which God is seen as the ultimate therapist, the consummate helper, the slot machine that fixes problems when you insert your prayer, in a time like this, we can't even fathom that God would do the things listed in this text. 

A God who would punish? Unthinkable. If we believe God might hold us accountable, we might have to actually live as God's people. But a consequence of bad behavior teaches. And in the grief of destruction, looking at God's hand in the mix is a comfort to me. It reminds me that no tragedy is outside of God's power. No place is too dark. No sadness is without God. 

If God is only a nice guy, a give-us-what-we-want-instead-of-what-we-need pushover, then how does God handle the worst grief ever. I remember being with my kids when they suffered the consequences of poor decisions.  I couldn't make it better, but we were together, tightly bound in grief until life got better, until light began to shine a bit in the darkness.  

God's greatness demands our humility. God nice all the time allows us to think we control God. We don't do well with that...playing God just tends to dig us in deeper. 

I prefer all God...all the time.