Humility

I find myself humiliated before The Lord continually in my many wanderings. A video popped up on my feed, it was of one of my favorite preachers answering people’s questions they submitted.

The question was: “Why did The Lord put us on this earth to go to hell?” The preacher explained how this isn’t a question more so for him but an accusation against God that He’s unjust or even evil to send men to hell. When I fall into deep pits of sorrow and despair I find myself accusing God just like this.

Upon seeing the title of the video I can’t ignore that voice in the back of my head thinking it’s unfair that God damns mankind, or the thoughts similar to the question of why even be born if your going to go to hell? Is there a point in even having children?

He also went to scripture in Romans where it talks how God hardened Pharaoh’s heart and used him as a vessel of wrath while Moses was a vessel of mercy. Another common example is the verse in Malachi where it says: Jacob Ive loved but Esau I hated. And Paul in Roman’s explained how He loved and hated them before they were even born for the sake of his purposes and election.

He’s explaining that these are the kinds of hard truths that men accuse God of and paint Him as the villain when He’s not. The preacher went to the book of Job and explained how job did the exact same thing with the accusatory questions and when God rebuked him He asked Job where was he When God measured the earth and formed it.

Along with other questions of Him asking where was he when he did many things who knows how many years before Job was even born. Jobs response was humility and him placing his hand on his mouth and saying he spoke of things he didn’t understand and repents in dust and ashes.

The preacher explained that we ask these kinds of accusatory questions because we haven’t SEEN God. Think about it would you hurl an accusation at God if you saw Him face to face? No we would be completely humbled and see we are inadequate and foolish to accuse God.

In the embitterment of my heart I have uttered harsh things to the most high, like Jeremiah I saw Him as being a deceitful Brook (a river that fails to have water in it for a drink.) my groaning go to complaining and then complaining becomes anger. Anger becomes rage. And now in unbelief and foolishness I now start viewing God as an angry villain seeking to destroy me and everyone.

I deserve to be destroyed for the accusations I’ve brought against God, but amazing grace! The Lord remembers that I’m but dust and acting foolishly and like He tells Jeremiah to utter what’s precious not worthless he tells me to do the same and he will restore me and you. This blog is not even mine, Christ owns it and He owns me.