Question:

I recently received this unusual response and question from a seventy-year-old Sunday school teacher. “Thank you for answering my question last week about taking the back way to work and avoiding an accident, and how God intervenes in our lives. I have now pondered why God doesn’t just prevent the accident? Does this mean God controls everything? I read every one of your articles and we often used them in our adult class.”

Answer:

Although God intervenes in all our lives with hopes of getting our attention, He will ultimately honor our choices. He may intervene through tragedies which turn into blessings. Guido from Arizona Hills Church recently spoke at Calvary Chapel in Black Canyon City. Now in a wheelchair due to an accident, Guido is more in love with Jesus Christ than ever. God reveals Himself in various ways, but doesn’t force our love. The Bible declares when a person comes to us with a false message, God will allow us to choose between Jesus and the counterfeit as a test to prove our sincere love for Him. (See Deut 13:1-3.)

Rejection of an attractive alternative confirms our commitment.

Beyond that, I just want to say, you sir, are an inspiration. What an honor it is that your class would ponder these questions and biblical answers. The truth is that I know I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer, and yet the Calvary Corner goes to the newspaper and nine countries via Internet. My life’s verse has got to be 1 Corinthians 1:27. I am so blessed.

We also have a seventy-three-year-old man assisting his wife in our middle grade school class. He paints pictures, has built a twenty foot cardboard Noah’s ark, and a Styrofoam western town to illustrate points. Three other seventy-somethings oversee our homeless ministry with Home on the Way. Seniors in ministry are such a great example to everyone. Keep up the good service.

Finally, why God does anything or not, takes careful consideration. He always seems to be multi-tasking in every situation that comes our way. If my computer goes bonkers, will I exhibit self-control, or kick the cat? I believe He cares more about attitudes than machines. How will we react to x-rays that reveal scary inconsistencies? I don’t always know why God allows anything. Nobody knows it all but Him.

When we don’t know about some things in life, we can always fall back on things we do know. “The Lord is good and a stronghold in the day of trouble, and He knows all those who take refuge in Him,” (Nahum 1:7).

Psalm 3:3

Reach Pastor Huck at calvarycorner.com