Snow-Day Thoughts

It’s April 16^th and I’m looking out over this beautiful Minnesota landscape of… SNOW! April! Sixteenth! SNOW!

OK, that’s out of my system.

We’re house-sitting in this idyllic setting and I’m reading a yet-to-be-published manuscript about end times. You say, “like there needs to be ANOTHER book about end times???” There are shelves and shelves at your local book store about end times and the Rapture (a word not found in Scripture, BTW) and wrath and judgment and seals and, and, and…

Then there’s the current flaming debate about Rob Bell and Love Wins and John Piper and Al Mohler, among others. If you’re not up to date on all this, maybe you should pay attention, at least those of us who claim Christ as our Savior and Lord.

No, I’m not going to bring you up to date about this internet “war.” That would defeat what I’m about to say.

For too long I have taken what someone ELSE has to say about what GOD has to say. That’s coming to a screeching halt. It’s high time I looked at what God has to say through His Word.

This whole controversy surrounding Pastor Bell is a question whether a loving God (see 1 John 4:4) would, or even could¸ send anyone into eternal punishment. My son asked me the same question. If God would send Mahatma Gandhi to hell, as good as he was on this earth, why would I ever want to submit to Him? I’m not sure that’s the right question, but it is the one being asked.

I’m not suggesting you read Rob’s book, although I am. I AM suggesting you start asking some probing questions of God Himself.

I mean, if God is Who He claims to be in the Bible, use His own words to ask Him.

James 1:5 (New Living Translation)

 ⁵ If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.

I would rather trust the God who made a rose and Andromeda than I would trust my own thinking. (See Proverbs 3:5-6) If He’s serious about me following and trusting Him, it’s OK for me to ask Him where He’s going with all this.

If I’m serious about living the very best life that is possible, I’ve gotta tell you, I need all the help I can get. And I’m going to start with the Andromeda-Maker!

What about you?