- I've heard it said (from Calvinists) that God "does not micromanage." So even though none of you want to hear this, here is yet another rant. I hope it will be my last for awhile.
Yes, God does micromanage. All sovereign means he controls everything, including where each drop of rain falls. Read the passages in Job where God speaks, and it becomes clear how God "micromanages." Nothing that happens is out of His plan; everything that happens is in His plan.
God turns the hearts of kings as a man washing dishes. We all know that. We also know that with God, there is no respecting of persons. So what makes us think God controls the decisions of kings but not farmers, or teachers, or McDonald's employees? What makes us think His sovereignty has limits? If He is truly all sovereign, then that means everything (excluding not even the tiniest action) is by His pre-ordained decree. If God does not control where the rain falls, who does? Is it chance? No, no Christian would seriously lay anything at Chance's feet. Does the devil control the elements? No; to say so would be blasphemous, as we know the wind and waves obey Jesus.
What I don't get it why anyone would make the claim, then, that God does not micromanage, unless to give man some sort of control over his own destiny. It seems a wholly Armenian line of thought. Why say "God allows you to choose over the little things?" Little things? As if there are different degrees of difficulty with God? As if "all sovereign" only extends over things human beings perceive as "big deals?"
See, that wasn't that long. No one that reads this blog has said that God doesn't micromanage, as far as I know. So I'm talking to the choir, but I wanted to say it anyway. Okay, enough rants out of me.
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5 comments:
bravo!! What brought that on?
Mom was talking to grandma on the phone, and grandma mentioned someone had said that to her. That's what got me thinking.
I like the longer rants, but that one wasn't bad.
Allowing choice is an act of sovereignty.
Allowing those choices to dictate destiny is too.
I'm not discounting man's responsibility. The two are on different levels. Ultimately, everything that happens is God's design. For man's perspective, we are still responsible to repent, to live righteously, etc. But when we do repent, live righteously, etc, we cannot take glory from that, but must rather credit God with that glory for allowing us to repent.
"Allowing those choices to dictate destiny is too." So, Judas could have chosen not to betray our Lord? His entire redemptive plan was based on "chance"?
I think Romans, Ephesians, and Jude make it pretty clear that "destiny" is already established, and that God will never allow Himself and His plan to be dictated by any man's will.
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