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Avoiding Extremes... Pursuing Balance

There are a string of posts out there that address God's providence... His sovereignty. For me, this attribute of God is one of the most difficult things to grasp and even maintain a balanced view (especially when in the midst of an intense trial). Is it possible that God possesses all possible propositional and practical knowledge but not all possible experiential knowledge? Is God's omniscience infinite? Is free will only freedom from coercion? Does God actually know how I am going to act in any given moment? How can the existence of evil and suffering in the world reconcile with a truly sovereign God? Does God determine ahead of time what the destiny of all of Creation will be? Doesn't this at its extreme lead to fatalism and make everyone a bunch of automatons?

I know that God is good and I am confident He is active in our lives... even in the seemingly trivial things of life... but to what degree? Is there a degree? Is God sovereign in all things or some things? If He is only sovereign in some things then doesn't that make Him not really sovereign? How do I trust a God that is sovereign in only some things?

An open theistic God does not sound like the God of the Bible to me.

Are these questions I should consider or put aside? Do I want to be able to understand and articulate what I proclaim to believe and why I believe it?

Hmmm....

I want to know you Lord, but I do not want my knowledge to become a source of pride. I want to remain teachable but not tossable. Guide me as I study Your Word. I long to know You more... not just to gain knowledge for the sake of gaining knowledge, but to grow in Your grace because You are my Lord. You knit me together in my mother's womb and knew me even before the foundations of the earth were laid.

Balance... help me to maintain the balance of truth and grace.

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The unslumbering Shepherd
keeps watch and ward continually,
whether under the infinite blue of day,
or under night with its starry galaxies.

Though mysteries and perplexities are on every side,
yet we can rely on the assurance
that His are no arbitrary dealings,
swayed by caprice,
marked and misdirected
by human blindness and ignorance;
but the dictates of unerring wisdom
and of unchanging everlasting love. --MacDuff

Posted by Lisa on August 04, 2007

Comments

Pursuing balance with you. I started to write a longer comment, but maybe I should write a blog post on it soon. I need to think a little more on it. Thank you for what you shared, and I want to check out that link.

Posted by: Rebekah | August 4, 2007 12:34 PM

That was such a good post, and I have found such comfort in God's sovereignty and providence.

I was also excited to see the link to the book you're reading. I have wanted that book for a long time, and had no idea it was online free. Thanks!

Posted by: Diane | August 7, 2007 08:05 PM

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