Of late, all of us in class are busy with some kind of project work and my team was no different. We were thinking of how we should be implementing a 'complaint box' in our project and that goaded me into writing this post. It has taken me a while to put it into writing but better late than never!
The 'complaint box' that was to be implemented got me thinking of what my 'complaint box' consisted of. In recent times, this is how it looked (to list a few) :
- Lord, I have tried to be true to my conscience. Yet, I end up getting less than all those involved in some sort of malpractices. Not fair, Lord!
- Lord, I bunked twice. She bunked twice. Yet, my attendance is reflected in my grades while she ended up getting an 'S'. But why?(P.S.: 'S' is supposed to be the acme for all subjects in college.)
- Lord, why did Japan have to be wrecked like this? Were they all very sinful people and was this some kind of punishment?
God answered : If I had to destroy people based on their sins, then you should have been long gone!!
Okay! Now that answer shook me! All this while, I was thinking that I was trying to show how just I've been and how I was way better than the others. But I was so wrong, so foolish and now I feel so small for having put forward such petty cases before such a huge God! Yet, He preferred to answer me patiently for everything that I asked Him.
I might have felt all righteous when I placed those complaints in the box but how many times have I faltered and yet, basked in all my blessings. I am sure all of you might have questioned God trying to prove your righteousness at some point in life but to all our questions and complaints, God has just one answer :
He(God) causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. (Matthew 5:45)Wow! Now, that's what He is, the awesome God that I am privileged to serve!
He doesn't bless me for who I am. He blesses me because of who He is. What a privilege. What grace!
Praise God for I don't serve a righteous God but I serve a righteous, yet loving Father!
(Does that mean I can sin and lead a mundane life? Ah! No way. I can fool anyone but not my conscience. Same holds for you too, my friend. Penitent, repent and receive Jesus today.)
