When God says 'No'...

The devil is still using the oldest trick in the book to turn the hearts of men and women away from God today- ‘’Did God say...?’’

Many times, God just says, ‘Don’t!’ When we hear that, we want to find out ‘Why not’? Especially, if it’s something we really want to do.

Well, in my experience, each time I went to find out ‘why not’, I wish I hadn’t. The worst hells of my life have been discovered while trying to see why God said,’ Dont.’ ‘’What could be wrong with it?’’, I’d wonder. When I found out each time, I wish I hadn’t!

Then there’s the grace he has given me to understand things several steps ahead of many of my contemporaries. I’d see it and I’d understand.  There could be anyone of a million and one reasons why God said ‘No’. Invariably though, the theme of His response is always the same. He wants to protect us. When He says, ‘’Do this’’ or ‘’don’t do that’’, He is actually shielding us from things He knows we cannot see.

When satan gave Adam and Eve the ‘impetus’ they needed to disobey God and eat the fruit that opened their eyes to good and evil, he did not give them any safety net to catch them when they opted for the evil. He did not care that their eyes being open to doing evil will also require that they be protected from such evil. But God does care.

Now, we have found out that when God said ‘forgive’, He was asking you to do that for your good as well as for the good of the person being forgiven. Imagine how many souls, how many lives have been lost over the past centuries just because they refused to forgive. Now this generation finds out they have something to gain from forgiving and they are rushing to forgive but countless lives have most likely been lost simply because they did not catch this same revelation and would not take God’s word for it.

We also know from scripture that Adam and Eve’s decision not to take God’s Word as settled has Mankind at this slippery spot where every man has to work out his own salvation through faith in Christ. If they had just taken God’s word for it and commanded the devil back where he came from, we would be having ease and sweet now, I daresay. Unfortunately, those first couple had to ask, ‘What if God is wrong?’... And here we all are today.

Well, many are still asking that same question today- ‘’what if God is wrong? What if God is holding out on me? What if He’s preventing me from doing that because He’s a tyrant who gets His kicks from suppressing innocent humans and depriving them of fun? Won’t I have to ‘sort’ myself? Arrange myself? Look out for myself?’’

Well, you are exactly where the devil wants you. As soon as he can get you to think God is holding out on you, ‘cheating’ you and you need to satisfy yourself, or get you to think only you can satisfy yourself and help yourself and look out for yourself(with which eyes!), then he can bring you all the things you think you want that God said ‘No’ to....

.... And you are right back where humanity as we now know it started from- the fall and its attendant horrors! Urrrggghhh!!!

 

Pray this simple prayer if you are a believer:

Lord, Give me the Grace to love You, to trust You and to know that I could  never possibly want better for myself than You do for me. Amen.

 

If you have not given your life to Christ pray this first:

Lord God, I admit that I am a sinner. I also believe that You sent Your Son Jesus Christ to die for my sins. Wash me clean Lord, by Your precious blood shed for my sins and accept me into Your Eternal Plan in Jesus precious Name I pray. Amen.