I’m sure I’m not alone when I have asked throughout my life, “How could God have allowed this to happen to me?” It’s a common feeling when things don’t go the way we hoped or envisioned. It is extremely easy for imperfect human beings like us to blame God.
This human tendency clearly reveals how far our hearts have strayed for our Creator. Sin has done quite a number on our hearts and minds. We tend to assume God owes us something.
Paul wrote in Romans 8:32,
“He who didn’t spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how would He not also with Him freely give us all things.”
Until our lives are grounded on the Gospel message of God’s love for us in Christ Jesus we can easily end up imagining that God is not concerned about our struggles. Those who perceive God to be distant and uncaring often blame God when things are not going well. Let’s face it, we all have times when things don’t go well. Whether you are a follower of Jesus or not, everyone experiences various types of turbulence and pressure throughout life.
In the middle of our daily difficulties, we can either assume that God owes us a trouble-free life on this planet, or we can place our faith in the fact that God chose to send His only Som to pay the price for our sins that we ourselves could never afford to pay. What we choose to believe about God truly does make all the difference in the world.
Whether we believe God is for us or against us, Ephesians 2:8-8, Galatians 2:26, and Romans 8:10 explain to us that when a person accepts God’s love and grace through faith and relies on Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross as payment for their sins, Jesus instantly takes up residence in our hearts. 2 Corinthians 5:17 tells us that when this happens, all things become new.
A relationship with Jesus does not make all our earthly problems go away, (John 16:33) but it does provide us with a new and godly perspective. We begin to view God as our loving Father, our beautiful Savior, and our ever-present Comforter. In other words, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit become much more that just religious doctrine. God becomes our source of Joy and becomes the source of everything we do.
How much does God owe you? If you are a believer in Jesus, you realize He owes us nothing, but He has given you everything.
David wrote in Psalm 8:4,
“What is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that You are for him?
After all, God is our Creator. Why should He care about our needs? Yet He is concerned about us because How loves us. He wants what is best for us, even when He works in surprising ways that require us to have faith and patience.
Wise and loving parents do not want to spoil their children. Likewise, God does not spoil His children. Instead, God teaches His children how to spiritually mature by being humble, thankful, forgiving, faithful, trusting, and patient.
When God allowed Job to go through his extremely painful ordeal. Job eventually began to question God’s plan for his life. He mistakenly attempted to figure out his excruciating circumstances through his human wisdom and natural assumptions, just as we do.
And when God finally spoke to Job He said,
“Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer Me! “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding. Who determined its measures, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it? (Job 38:2-5
What a wake-up call it must have been for Job when God spoke such penetrating words to him. It is foolish for us to doubt God or question His justice.
We must never assume that we know better than God. If we are not careful we might end up blaming God when difficult circumstances come our way.
This is exactly what Satan wants us to do. To turn our hearts against our Creator. Just like he turned against God. Satan was among the highest angels in heaven and his pride caused him to turn against God. Satan wants us to believe that God is against us and does not care about our trials and difficulties. But that is a complete lie and could not be further from the truth.
We owe God obedience because He is our Creator. If you are a follower of Jesus. Your allegiance is a supernatural response to God’s grace in your life.
“For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose” -Philippians 2:13
God owes us nothing, but He gives us everything
Whether you find yourself blaming God or Praising God, either way, it comes down to how much you think God owes you.
From Pity to Praise 