was talking to yinghui when i realised that i may be misleading some of u when i used "practical" to describe God as One who is beyond practicality...
i associate someone who is practical to do things in the easiest, fastest, and most convenient way possible. it's something tt goes along with being pragmatic, realistic, useful, etc. because of tt, i cannot agree that God is a mere practical God.
However, He is undoubtly a purposeful God. He is soO full of purpose, from the start to the end! I would think that if God is only practical, He would have easily shown Himself in the sky, swirling the fast clouds, and thundered"I am the true God. Repent all of you who sin!"
n we all know God doesnt do that... Instead, He does things in weird wonderful ways. like, he is willing to wait to me for 15 years, before i acknowledge that He is God. =) He may wait a shorter or longer time for you. He even waited for a lifetime for some many of us. but He never gives up waiting for everybody. He waits everyday. for so many days, n so many years. It's been thousands of years since He created us and since Adam and Eve had fallen. that's how long He have waited for us to fellowship in the new heaven. i believe that whatever God is planning and doing, He "saw that it was good", and His reasons are always love, grace, and wisdom, and righteousness. which are far greater than practicality.
if hurt can be measured....
[no. of our days (wat i do today that hurt Him+ what u do today that disappoint Him)] X no. of pple ever lived = how much we have hurt Him.
i guess we may say that a thousand years will mean little to Him who is eternal. but e amount of hurt we are inflicting is... CrAzY! yet He is still so gracious and patient... nv give up on us and all... =)
1 comment:
Hmm, about your idea of God showing himself, that will happen (Rev 19:11).
I'll pose a question which I believe you already know the answer to, but the people back then never did.
Why did Jesus have to die? His disciples never understood that at all. (Matthew 16:22-23)
I hope you can see my point here. God is, like you said, purposeful. He achieves his purpose as perfectly as only he can, and that doesn't have to be easier, faster or more convenient. Man strives to do that because his strength and lifespan are limited, but God is beyond limits, that's why 'practical' means something else for us.
When I said that God is practical, I meant he does things in accordance to his own will and purpose. Sometimes it seems God is taking a longer route, but that's because our understanding is limited by time, something that God is beyond, as you've said.
Just my point of view, please be discerning when reading words from a mere human :)
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