We just spent Sunday together working on a mystery. Talking about how God has revealed Himself to us, through the person of Jesus Christ. We said that there are many, many things that God wants us to understand about His nature and His character - and above all He desires to be in a relationship with each one of us. We also said that there are things that God has reserved for Himself. Even Jesus does not know the time when He will return. Jesus said, recorded in Matthew 24:36, "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father".
In the light of yesterdays unfathomable tragedy in Geneva County, God will surely be thought of by many as the mysterious orchestrator of terror, who took the lives of people at random, to serve His own unknowable purpose. But what about free will? Where does that factor in? Do we recognize that we have a choice? We have been given the privilege by God to choose. To choose what we will do and say, to choose how we will live the precious life He has given us, and ultimately to choose what we will believe. Free will can be a tremendous burden for all of us to bear, when the perfect gift of choice is used - exploited - for evil purposes.
I welcome your comments, as we pray for those who lives have been torn apart. May they receive comfort from those around them and may the God of all comfort surround them with His peace in this tragic time.
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those with the comfort we ourselves have received from God" (2 Cor 1:3-4, NIV).
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