God didn't create evil. Evil by definition is absence of God - brought about by free will to choose His truth or turn from Him. There are consequences of sin, both when we sin and when we are sinned against. However, God in his providence and sovereignty will use even the consequence of sin to accomplish his will. His will is that none should perish but all should come to repentance. We can hope for the removal of sin's consequences, but the reality is that sometimes we are delivered, sometimes we are empowered, and sometimes we are laid bare, so that He may remake us.
Our focus determines our reality, because we can choose to live for Him and seek him in all things, or we can choose to be selfish and turn from him.
It's not about the circumstance - it's about the relationship. God restoring us to Himself... And using all of life to do so.
(1Jn 1:3 WNT) that which we have seen and listened to we now announce to you also, in order that you also may have fellowship in it with us, and this fellowship with us is fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. 4 And we write these things in order that our joy may be made complete.
ReplyDeleteOur fellowship is the most important thing to keep in tact and fresh so that we may have complete, that is satisfactory, joy.