When we resist God’s reminders
Posted at Reformation Scotland: From the Bible we know that whatever events occur in our experience, good or bad, routine or startling, they are all reminders from God to come closer to Him and turn our backs more comprehensively on sin. This principle holds good not only for individuals but also larger communities including nations. Our nation has had a summer of bad weather, with drought in some places meaning a poor harvest, while many domestic and international problems persist whatever efforts are made to tackle them. Our helplessness to do anything about the weather should make us depend more heavily on God, and our inability to solve our own problems should make us apply to Him for wisdom. However, when God sends difficulties and our attempts to improve our situation keep being frustrated, although it should prompt us to repent and turn to God all over again, we often respond in the opposite way. We instead persist in our sinful ways and ignore God’s interest and involvement in ...
