Kingdom Principles

Kingdom Principles

arrogance and the presumption to question God or challenge Him about His laws and the way He runs things. The biblical character Job tried this, and it earned him a stern rebuke from the King. Afflicted by boils, grieving over the untimely deaths of all his children, and criticized mercilessly by his best “friends,” who urged him to confess his sins to God, Job held out, demanding to put his case before God Himself. Job knew he was innocent of any wrongdoing and could not understand why he was suffering. In his pain and indignation, Job ended up trying to tell God a few things. That is when God spoke up and adjusted Job’s thinking: Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm. He said: “Who is this that darkens My counsel without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me. Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell Me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!…Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up God’s dominion over the earth? (Job 38:1-5a,33). In other words, God was saying, “Job, how dare you ask Me about My laws? You weren’t even around when I made them! Who are you to challenge Me?” It does no good for a product to challenge the manufacturer: “Why did you make things thus and so?” That is the manufacturer’s prerogative. When you buy a car with an internal combustion engine, you have to accept the “law” that it requires gasoline to operate. It was the manufacturer’s decision, not yours. No matter how hard you might try or how much you wish it other wise, that car will not run on any other kind of fuel. That’s why it is foolish to challenge God and useless to try to change His laws. God’s laws were here long before we were, and they will still be here long after we are gone.

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