WHEAT & TARES

'FIXING' GOD? GOOD LUCK WITH THAT

Exclusive: Craige McMillan looks at problem-solving -- as individuals and nations

“Perhaps you have wrestled with God and thought it was man you were fighting, only to realize in hindsight that you were battling God all along.”

– Yacov Rambsel (Yeshua Codes scholar)

There’s a lot going on in the world, yes? Good and bad, the wheat and the weeds, as Jesus described it. The quest for personal power; the lone altruistic act. Thuggery and violence; the hero who emerges and then quickly vanishes.

As individuals living in the world, we form our own opinions about most things. This includes the proportions of good and evil we see around us. Our perception controls our behavior, does it not? “It’s safe to walk alone on the street at night. It’s safe if you take a friend. Better not go out at night.” Our assessment may or may not be correct for any given night, but since survival is important to all of us our safety assessment controls our behavior – most often.

Nations, being composed of a great many individuals, make similar assessments regarding their well-being in the world and their continued existence. There is a lag in the national decision-making process because leaders respond belatedly to the concerns of citizens. But they do eventually respond.

Sometimes, however, a cataclysmic event – Pearl Harbor or 9/11 come to mind – forces immediate action at the national level.

The wheat and the tares, as Jesus described them in the story to his students, applies equally to nations and individuals. With both the concerns are not only safety, but economic prosperity, health, education and a host of other worries.

We’re problem solvers, remember? Individually and nationally. When something becomes a problem, we try to fix it.

But here’s the rub: Problems may respond to fixes. God doesn’t. Throughout our brief time on earth humanity has made zero progress in “fixing” God. He does as He pleases.

Both as individuals and as nations, we should strive for the wisdom to at least ask one very intelligent question. It was posed by Gamaliel, a Pharisee, as the new Christian movement began to grow among the Jews. Jesus was gone, his students were preaching Christianity, people were converting – and the Jewish leadership had a problem! They arrested the students and sought to impose a solution: kill them.

Enter the intelligent question:

“When they heard this, they were furious and wanted to put them to death. But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while. Then he addressed the Sanhedrin: ‘Men of Israel, consider carefully what you intend to do to these men. Some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing. After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and led a band of people in revolt. He too was killed, and all his followers were scattered. Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God’” (Acts 5:33-39 NIV).

Here’s my question to you. Who is America fighting against? Is it Barack Obama? Is it the Republicans? The Democrats? Islamic terrorists? Immigrants flooding over the border? Corporate and individual greed? Unions?

Or is it God?

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2015/04/fixing-god-good-luck-with-that/#CuxylzsPxRhUvt47.99

My comments: IT IS AGAINST GOD that America is fighting!--All the godless, Socialist, Secular Humanists--And she is LOSING! As everyone and every Nation that fought agaisnt God has done throughout history.