THE WILL AND PURPOSE OF GOD
Now, since God is omnipotent and omniscient He has always been able to look into the future from the beginning, even before anything was created.
As such, He was able to prepare a remedy for man whom He knew would fall.
“But why did God go ahead and create man if He knew that he would fall and cause the miserable conditions that exist in the world today?”
This is a very common question often asked by many people who could not accept God as their Creator.
I pity such people.
It is often their pride which causes them to think that they are smarter or wiser than their Creator.
If only they could realise what Isaiah the prophet of God had written:
“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returned not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall MY WORD be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” – Isaiah 55:7-11
The WORD which goes forth out of the mouth of God is the Expression of God's Thought, and It will accomplish Its purpose.
Therefore no one can thwart whatever God had planned to do.
The carnal-minded men of the earth cannot understand God's purpose for mankind.
The things of God are spiritually discerned; only the spiritually minded can appreciate them. (Read 1 Corinthians 2:6-16).
{1 Corinthians 2:6-16, King James Version:
⁶ Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
⁷ But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
⁸ Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
⁹ But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
¹⁰ But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
¹¹ For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
¹² Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
¹³ Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
¹⁴ But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
¹⁵ But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
¹⁶ For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.}
Yes, the Thoughts of God are higher than our thoughts.
He is the Creator and we are His creations.
He is the Potter and we are the clay. Can the clay say to the Potter, “Why have you made me so?” The Potter has the power over the clay to fashion it whichever way He pleases. And the clay will never know the Potter's intention unless it submits to His will.
It is obvious that God had a plan and purpose for fallen mankind even before He created them for He is the God of Love Who is rich in Grace and Mercy.
Through His creations, God manifests Himself as the Creator.
It is for His Own good pleasure (Genesis1:1; Colossians1:16-18a; Revelation 4:11).
{ In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ~ Genesis 1:1}
{Colossians 1:16-18 , New King James Version:¹⁶ For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or [rulers] principalities or [authorities] powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. ¹⁷ And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. ¹⁸ And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. }
{ “You are worthy, [our Lord and God]O Lord,
To receive glory and honor and power;
For You created all things,
And by Your will they exist and were created.” ~ Revelation 4:11}
But in all that, He wants a family as a tabernacle to dwell in, and a people to dwell with.
He wants a people that is perfect and obedient to Him.
However, nothing can truly reach the state of perfection unless it is put to the test — like gold being put in the furnace, clay being put in the fire and diamond being cut and polished.
Similarly, man must be tested.
It is just God's purpose.
St. Paul wrote: “For the creation (nature) was subjected to frailty – to futility, condemned to frustration – not because of some intentional fault on its part, but by the will of Him Who so subjected it. [Yet] with the hope that nature (creation) itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and corruption [and gain an entrance] into the glorious freedom of God's children.”– Romans 8:20-21 (Amplified Bible)
Praise God! May He grant us the understanding of His ways. (Read Psalm 119:27; Make me understand the way of Your precepts; So shall I meditate on Your wonderful works.)
HIS INHERITANCE IN THE SAINTS
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