MORNING MANNA        11-19-21

The very title of this article probably raises some questions – maybe about my sanity. It might seem like a strange statement and some of you might have already concluded that it can’t be true. After all, how can God who is holy, just, righteous, and perfect in all His ways ever fail? That’s a fair question, and I understand your reasoning, and it deserves an answer. The fact is, there is a sense in which these words are true. The question is “How?”.

Here’s the answer. God fails in that He fails to meet our expectations, grant certain desires, change our situation,explain everything, reward us immediately, ignore sin, or extend our lives beyond what we want. This results in many folks issuing complaints against God.

But none of this means that God has actually failed. The truth is, God cannot fail. He fails only in the sense that He doesn’t always do what we desire, ask, expect, or understand. Actually it is we, not God, who fails. And not understanding this has created serious problems and much misery. Consequently it is essential that we come to a knowledge of the truth.

What people consider to be a failure on God’s part is actually a success. Rather than giving us what we want He gives us what we need – even when it hurts. Were we as wise as God we would agree with all He does. Since we aren’t, we must trust Him if we are to have peace. If we understood everything there would be no such thing as faith.

Make no mistake about it, the mystery of our misery is due to our lack of misunderstanding, not God’s mistakes. And if we understood why we can’t understand we would agree that God’s way is always right, best, and safest. So, rather than complaining, we ought to thank God that we can’t see the future. We couldn’t handle it. Our emotions would overwhelm us, our reasoning would impair us, and our duty would elude us. Therefore, living by faith is the only sensible way to live. You can trust God because He cannot fail and He never lies. -HDS