Friday, February 27, 2009
This World is Unfair!
Zhai, I believe God whole-heartedly agrees with you! This world is UNFAIR!
God is not willing, however, to leave it in this condition. Scripture reveals that the world God created was much different than our current experience. However, God created humans with free will so we could choose to love and trust Him or rebel against His plan for us. When humanity choose to rebel, we cut ourselves of from the Life (capital-L life) that God desired to share with us.
Sending Jesus was the climax of God's plan to bring total restoration and reconciliation for anyone willing to place their trust in God again. Through active trust in Christ humanity can have the Life (again capital-L life) that God desired for us to have. However, the depth of Life that actively trusting Jesus makes possible is just the beginning of God's restoration plan. Empowered with His Life, Jesus' followers are called to labor for justice and peace for all. Followers of Jesus were never meant to simply sit around and wait for heaven, the invitation of Jesus is to actively bring heaven to earth!
So we really have a few options when we see the unfairness of the world:
- We can fight for what we need, and ignore everyone else.
- We can work against the unfairness of the world with our own limited power
- Or we can place our active trust in Jesus, and by surrendering to His loving rule over our lives, we can let Him empower us as we partner with Him to bring heaven to earth!
Posted by Matt at 11:32 AM
1 comments:
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I doubt it needs to be said, but I'm guilty of the middle one. Over and over again. I try to do it all myself, and then I'm exhausted and disheartened at the end of the day.
It's not until I'm lying in bed doing my prayers that I'm like, "Oh, der, umm ... This whole praying thing could have helped when that kid was telling me that he wants to kill his dad today."
Supergirl, I am not. But I have short-term memory. I keep trying to fly and then Ker-SPLAT! Much gore.
Karen, well said, my dear. A lot of sucky people wrap themselves in a Holier-Than-Thou cloak. - February 28, 2009 at 4:16 PM
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I think, for me, one of the greatest issues causing me doubt/frustration is what seems like unequal-opportunity love from God. I teach at an inner city school, and my students have faced things that would incapacitate most people I know. Their bravery is inspirational, but I still find it hard to not shout "UNFAIR!" on a daily basis.