By Peter Kennedy
“‘But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? ‘Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’” - Romans 9:20
In an article entitled “Accepting God’s love – God is not angry at you”, Pastor Scott Wendal wrote:
“We have all met people who don’t understand God. They blame God for a lot of things He didn’t cause—like sin and death. Many people think that God kills everybody. They say, “Well, the Lord took Uncle John.” God didn’t take him—he died. Death took him. Now God took his soul and spirit to Heaven if he knew the Lord. But God didn’t kill him. Death doesn’t come from God. He created the world without death in it. In fact, Jesus came to save us and destroy death—which is the last enemy (1 Corinthians 15:26). People who think God is angry with them are ignorant of God.”
The opposite of praise is criticism and blame, and we should never doubt God’s goodness towards us. Today in prayer, confess any sin of criticism and praise the Lord for He is good.
“The most insanely daring thing that any man can do, the most exceedingly foolish thing any man can do, the most desperately wicked thing that any man can do, is to reply against God, to enter into controversy with God, to criticize God, to condemn God. Yet that is what many people are doing.” - R.A. Torrey
God’s Word: “You turn things upside down as if the potter were thought to be like the clay! Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘You did not make me’? Can the pot say to the potter, ‘You know nothing’?” - Isaiah 29:16
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