DECISION, DIRECTION & FOCUS

"A satisfied soul loathes the honeycomb, But to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet." Proverbs 27: 7 This verse is so rich in information... It looks like a simple verse but it's not. When we eat something bitter thinking it is sweet we are deceiving ourselves. To eat something bitter in this verse can be a person, an information, an experience, a job, a relationship, words, attitudes, etc. A person - we are seeing someone bitter as someone who is sweet. The person causes harm to us and we don't care about that. An information - we are receiving a bitter information but for lack of good information, this information looks like a good one. An experience - we are having a bitter experience, but for lack of knowledge, or experience, we think it is sweet. A job - we are doing something we hate, or we are at a horrible job, but we are bearing it for lack of vision. A relationship - we are bearing a bad moment of a relationship because God said we will marry...

God is sovereign. Everything He decides is decided. Everything He decrees is decreed. Job went through a situation of decay and deep incredulity to the point of desiring death and crying out for it. He even got mad at God for not taking his life. This did not affect in anything the blessing of God. It did not affect God's goodness. It did not affect the will of God for Job's life. Nothing nor anything has the power to affect the goodness of God. He is what He Is, and no one changes that. I've heard two people preaching that the only one who can block God's actions for your life is yourself. I do not agree with that. Can we control God now? Who are we to block God's actions? There is no way to block God's actions from under the sky to above it. The only way would be from above to under it and there is no one above God, so it can't be done. There is nothing we can do to block God's actions. Could Jonah do it? Who can hold the wind? Who can avoid a Tsuna...

There are different levels and types of control to be given to God. Believers are people who decided to give the control of their lives to God. But after that decision, we still come across other types of control to be given. But before I talk about that, I want to explain the reason why it's not God who is in control of the life of an unbeliever and what that means. God has the sovereign control of all things, people, and beings. But the individual leadership of the life of a person it is something He leaves optional, it is something that must be decided by each one of us if we want God to be our leader or not. A person who still hasn't given the control of their life to Jesus is in the hands of the devil. Why? When God created Adam and Eve, He gave them a condition: To eat all the fruits of the garden of Eden except the fruit of a specific tree. Because they decided to disobey, they fell in the hand and lordship of satan. That is, they subjected themselves to the ...