Daniel 4:32
GOD DOES AS HE PLEASES WITH THE POWERS
OF HEAVEN AS WELL AS WITH THOSE WHO LIVE
ON EARTH. THERE IS NO ONE WHO CAN STAY HIS
HAND OR SAY TO HIM, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"
Daniel 4:32
God is God. God is sovereign.
We should delight in Him...but how can we?
This is one of those parts in the Bible that we just don´t like. We like to see Him as a sovereign God when He tells us pretty things, but...
"IT HAS BEEN DECREED FOR YOU, KING
NABUCHODONOSR, THAT YOUR KINGDOM IS TAKEN
FROM YOU!"
Daniel 4:28
"It has been decreed for you, Bea Gasca, that your children be taken from you!"
How can we say "your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is done in heaven?"
Terrifying God.
Sovereign God.
We sing it in our hymns...but can we face and accept such a God?
A God who moves in a way we cannot understand, and who we cannot question with a "what have YOU done?"
Terrifying God. Sovereing God.
You know why God called me a hypocrite, despite that for many I was a spiritual woman? Because in my heart, I always asked:
"What have YOU done?"
You see, sometimes as we obey we have to go through real hard things but with time we can see back and say "I am glad I obeyed!THIS was the reason why God did THAT!"
But so many other times, we are only left with the pain.
How can we handle that?
We can´t, because it implies we humble ourselves low and admit that we are not gods, admit that we are only dust- loved, but that is all.
Lets go to David.
IT IS BETTER THAT WE FALL IN THE HANDS OF
THE LORD, BECAUSE HIS LOVE IS GREAT, AND NOT
TO FALL IN THE HANDS OF MEN.
II SAMUEL 24:14
Don´t! Do not sigh with relief yet!
We do that, we have such a strange understanding of God...we hear of the God of love and we sigh with relief...this verse we do like, this verse we can put in stickers, and pictures...it is a nice verse, the kind we can handle IF,IF, IF...
IF we take it out of context.
Yep. It is the only way we could "sell" this verse- out of context. Because if you continue to read you will find that the answer to this prayer was:
THE LORD SENT TO ISRAEL A PLAGUE...AND
70,000 PEOPLE DIED.
II Samuel 24:15
are you there?
It is not a popular message, but my friend it is a message of life.
God speaks of David as "a man after My own heart", and He says those words with such love! David was accounted as a friend of God!
Why?
Not because David was perfect! (just read his life and understand how unperfect he was)
David was accounted God´s friend, because although He knew of God as God- he accepted him...no conditions attached.
David did not cut out of his Bible the verses that revealed a God that he could not control or limit.
David took God as God.
And became his closest friend.
And what about Nabuchodonosor? I encourage you to read the whole chapter of Daniel 4, but his kingdom was taken away...do you know the result?
These are his very own words:
THEREFORE, I, NABUCHODONOSOR, NOW PRAISE AND EXALT
AND GLORIFY THE KING OF HEAVEN, BECAUSE ALL HIS
WORKS ARE RIGHT AND HIS WAYS JUST; AND THOSE WHO
WALK IN PRIDE HE IS ABLE TO HUMBLE
Daniel 4:34
Yes, I agree with Nabuchodonosor.
I have seen a sovereign God.
His sovereignty has humbled me.
I am only dust. God... HE IS GOD.
and amazing God who I dearly love.
OF HEAVEN AS WELL AS WITH THOSE WHO LIVE
ON EARTH. THERE IS NO ONE WHO CAN STAY HIS
HAND OR SAY TO HIM, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"
Daniel 4:32
God is God. God is sovereign.
We should delight in Him...but how can we?
This is one of those parts in the Bible that we just don´t like. We like to see Him as a sovereign God when He tells us pretty things, but...
"IT HAS BEEN DECREED FOR YOU, KING
NABUCHODONOSR, THAT YOUR KINGDOM IS TAKEN
FROM YOU!"
Daniel 4:28
"It has been decreed for you, Bea Gasca, that your children be taken from you!"
How can we say "your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is done in heaven?"
Terrifying God.
Sovereign God.
We sing it in our hymns...but can we face and accept such a God?
A God who moves in a way we cannot understand, and who we cannot question with a "what have YOU done?"
Terrifying God. Sovereing God.
You know why God called me a hypocrite, despite that for many I was a spiritual woman? Because in my heart, I always asked:
"What have YOU done?"
You see, sometimes as we obey we have to go through real hard things but with time we can see back and say "I am glad I obeyed!THIS was the reason why God did THAT!"
But so many other times, we are only left with the pain.
How can we handle that?
We can´t, because it implies we humble ourselves low and admit that we are not gods, admit that we are only dust- loved, but that is all.
Lets go to David.
IT IS BETTER THAT WE FALL IN THE HANDS OF
THE LORD, BECAUSE HIS LOVE IS GREAT, AND NOT
TO FALL IN THE HANDS OF MEN.
II SAMUEL 24:14
Don´t! Do not sigh with relief yet!
We do that, we have such a strange understanding of God...we hear of the God of love and we sigh with relief...this verse we do like, this verse we can put in stickers, and pictures...it is a nice verse, the kind we can handle IF,IF, IF...
IF we take it out of context.
Yep. It is the only way we could "sell" this verse- out of context. Because if you continue to read you will find that the answer to this prayer was:
THE LORD SENT TO ISRAEL A PLAGUE...AND
70,000 PEOPLE DIED.
II Samuel 24:15
are you there?
It is not a popular message, but my friend it is a message of life.
God speaks of David as "a man after My own heart", and He says those words with such love! David was accounted as a friend of God!
Why?
Not because David was perfect! (just read his life and understand how unperfect he was)
David was accounted God´s friend, because although He knew of God as God- he accepted him...no conditions attached.
David did not cut out of his Bible the verses that revealed a God that he could not control or limit.
David took God as God.
And became his closest friend.
And what about Nabuchodonosor? I encourage you to read the whole chapter of Daniel 4, but his kingdom was taken away...do you know the result?
These are his very own words:
THEREFORE, I, NABUCHODONOSOR, NOW PRAISE AND EXALT
AND GLORIFY THE KING OF HEAVEN, BECAUSE ALL HIS
WORKS ARE RIGHT AND HIS WAYS JUST; AND THOSE WHO
WALK IN PRIDE HE IS ABLE TO HUMBLE
Daniel 4:34
Yes, I agree with Nabuchodonosor.
I have seen a sovereign God.
His sovereignty has humbled me.
I am only dust. God... HE IS GOD.
and amazing God who I dearly love.
posted by thisfool @ 5:05 AM
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