Why I Don't Trust Your Interpretation Of Providence
Mar 13, 2014 19:22:35 GMT
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Post by arete on Mar 13, 2014 19:22:35 GMT
Why I Don't Trust Your Interpretation Of Providence
"God showed me," my friend said.
"He showed me His plan, I just had to recognize the signs."
Uh oh, red alert, I thought. And the more my friend talked about God's plan (as interpreted through various "signs" and occurrences in his life) the more alarmed I became.
Over the years, I've learned to distrust most people's interpretation of providence. Why?
Because people put too much stock in it.
People think they can figure life out by studying their circumstances, rather than Scripture. They tend to substitute "signs" of God's leading for the clear revelation thereof.
Or to put it another way, people substitute the knowledge of what God has explicitly said, for a lesser "sense" of what He may (or may not) be doing in their lives.
And that is not only wrong, but dangerous.
"God showed me," my friend said.
"He showed me His plan, I just had to recognize the signs."
Uh oh, red alert, I thought. And the more my friend talked about God's plan (as interpreted through various "signs" and occurrences in his life) the more alarmed I became.
Over the years, I've learned to distrust most people's interpretation of providence. Why?
Because people put too much stock in it.
People think they can figure life out by studying their circumstances, rather than Scripture. They tend to substitute "signs" of God's leading for the clear revelation thereof.
Or to put it another way, people substitute the knowledge of what God has explicitly said, for a lesser "sense" of what He may (or may not) be doing in their lives.
And that is not only wrong, but dangerous.
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