Not A Cookie Cutter God

[InChrist]

Cookies made with cookie cutters all turn out the same. On the other hand, apple fritters all turn out a little differently. In the natural world snowflakes are all different. Every human being, made in the image of God according to the biblical scriptures, is unique.
I get the impression that God loves variety, not only in regard to creation, but it how He uniquely deals with each person.
One interesting example is the account of Joseph in the OT revealing that Joseph was hated, mistreated, and sold into slavery by his brothers. Then he was falsely accused of adultery and thrown into an Egyptian prison for years. It appeared to be a hopeless situation…yet Joseph continued to trust God.

Surprisingly, God brought him out of prison, made him second in command of all Egypt and then brought his brothers to him, to save their lives from starvation. They were not only surprised when they found out who he was but they were greatly afraid for their very lives over what they had done to him.

Throughout history and in our own personal lives, God often doesn’t act like we want Him to or do what we think He should do. He does not seem to be a God we can put in a box or in a bottle like a genie who will follow our commands or grant our desires. Could it be that the Creator has a different, better, and bigger plan based on His wisdom and purpose, beyond our limited understanding? I think God desires that we trust Him and seek to know what He is doing and wants to accomplish in our lives.

Do you or don’t you trust God?

 

[sun rise]

God loves variety

I agree

how He uniquely deals with each person.

I agree

God often doesn’t act like we want Him to or do what we think He should do.

I agree

Do you or don’t you trust God?

I work on trusting God as a small child trusts one's parents. I'm not there yet.

 

[Trailblazer]

Throughout history and in our own personal lives, God often doesn’t act like we want Him to or do what we think He should do. He does not seem to be a God we can put in a box or in a bottle like a genie who will follow our commands or grant our desires.

Certainly not.

Could it be that the Creator has a different, better, and bigger plan based on His wisdom and purpose, beyond our limited understanding?

Of course.

I think God desires that we trust Him and seek to know what He is doing and wants to accomplish in our lives.

I think God desires that we trust Him but I don't think we can know what God is doing at any time.

I don't think God wants to accomplish anything in our lives, as I think God wants us to accomplish things for ourselves.
However, I believe that I think God guides us through His inspiration if we pray and maybe even if we do not.

I also believe that God helps us through tests and difficulties. This short prayer for tests and difficulties sums up what I believe.

I adjure Thee by Thy might, O my God! Let no harm beset me in times of tests, and in moments of heedlessness guide my steps aright through Thine inspiration. Thou art God, potent art Thou to do what Thou desirest. No one can withstand Thy Will or thwart Thy Purpose.

The Báb

Do you or don’t you trust God?

I absolutely trust God, much more than I trust myself. That is why I try to accept God's will even if it is not what I want.

 

[Andrew Stephen]

Peace to all,

"No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

To me rationality, The New Creation becomes from Abram, Hagar and Ishmael to Egypt and is Islam and also from Abraham, Sarah and Isaac, becomes The Exodus to the Promised land from the New Ark of The Covenant through The New Creation for the Bodies of all Mankind. Through the Father of Faith Abraham and Father Abram, Ishmael and Isaac are brothers to each other through one father with two names, Abram and Abraham, and Isaac and Ishmael and each cousins to all mankind through two different mothers, Sarah and Hagar. Ishmael and Isaac are brothers through the one Father with different Names, Abraham and Abram and different Mothers, Sarah and Hagar. And through the one God and Father we become one brothers in being together through the Son for the Father in the Virgin Birth through the Immaculate Conception of Jesus with a new and only one mother, Mary becoming brothers and sisters with Ishmael and Isaac, together from the spirit through the flesh for the souls of all mankind, through the power of the Divine Spirit and God united in the one God in being.

"No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." becoming the Love of The Mother through The Power of The Divine Spirit.

Peace always,
Stephen