God Didn't Do It; He Only Signed Off On It
Living a Purposeful Life Through the Storm
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God may not always shade us from bad things that happen to us in life but He's able to work them all out to His glory and our advantage. He may not always stop you from making bad decisions but He sure knows what to do when you decide to repent of your wrong doing. God may not always stop you from going off course but He knows how to lead you back into the path of destiny whenever you decide to return. He may not always prevent you from falling but He's eager to help when you're ready to get up. We may not always be able to reverse most of the choices we make in life especially during the time of crisis but we sure can make the decision not to repeat such acts again through repentance. Otherwise, when the consequences begin to pour in (good, bad or ugly) remember: God didn't do it. He just signed off your decision. God is willing to help in the first (good) part but yearns for your repentance in the second (bad) part. His word says that: the wages (consequences) of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord Romans 6: 23.
God has given you all the necessary tools you need to make it through life and in the process live out His expectations for your life. He gave us His son Jesus, the Holy Spirit, His grace, mercy and strength so they could all help us through life especially the most difficult moments. Our responsibility is to maximize those tools. God remains faithful in helping reverse our bad situation for the better but only when we play well our part. God can show up in your circumstance uninvited but He cannot lead you out of it without your participation. As partners with Him, God wants for you to first place your hand in His and He will lead you in to His rest. Take a long walk with Him and you would not have only enjoyed life's journey but more importantly you would have ended in a much better place than you had envisioned for your life. Page 42.
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As humans, things happen to us sometimes that we cannot fully understand. We desire to explain them when from human perspective there's no explanation that really exists. Our perplexion at things of that nature are not just about when they happen to us but also the things we witness in the world around us. They oftentimes shake the foundations of our faith in God to the core. But as much as not knowing hurts, at no time should our reaction be to accuse God for things we don't understand. Rather, we should know that God is not always the architect of all our problems and that He might not always save us from people that live to harm us or bless us the way we want because we take a stand with Him. His promise however is one thing and that is that He'll work it all out for HIS OWN ENDS even the wicked for a day of disaster Proverbs 16:4b. However your pain occurred, God's declared intentions are that He'll use all of your problems any which way they present to work out His will for your life. The deaths of some of the people that went before us is proof that for reasons best known to Him, God at times chooses not to deliver people that take a stand with Him. And it's not because He hated such people but because of what He already planned to use the situation for.
About the Author
Migrating from Nigeria to the U.S. years back, Christiana I. Chineme is the current Nursing Program Coordinator at Brooklyn Developmental Center, where she coordinates nursing services for the physically and developmentally disabled. A self proclaimed Evangelist currently worshipping at Macedonia Church of the Nazarene in Brooklyn she came to this Country in search of greener pastures only for her world to fall apart when her marriage of nineteen years ended in 2003. She promised herself to succeed and did so when she acquired her Bachelors in Science at Health Science Center in Brooklyn or otherwise known as Downstate Medical Center and awarded a Masters in Health Service Administration at Central Michigan University. She's now penned some of her experiences in this book and it's a reading for the tough minded.