…oN rHETORICS fR gOD
May 31, 2008 by cheloyskee
i told my friends that i’m done asking God questions. but apparently, not. hehe.
i spent the whole day yesterday, in between naps, work, typing, smsing, calling, having this one teeny-weeny question to God, that dogs me everyday, following me silently. i know that ignoring ‘my question’ was the best thing to do. afterall, God knows everything about me. He knows what He is DOING here. He is in control, right??! right? right.
this past few days, i always ended up reading Job. and this morning, its Job again! not that i’m down in the pits or anything. i’m not at all sad! i’m happy as a bee! (do you hear defensive tone harmonizing here??hehe) really, i am. =) (still trying) but as i was reading the book, God took out that question i have from my heart, hidden somewhere, and showed it to me. it was leashed to me. that’s why it follows me like a dog. haler…. and i go like, ‘oh yeah! that! i was meaning to ask you, Lord. But i don’t want to look Untrusting, or maybe Lacking of Faith. you know?’ God was quiet. i could just imagine Him, shaking His head, rolling His eyes to me.
unlike Job, i couldn’t ask God ‘why?’. but LIKE Job, we both HAVE questions to ask God. hehe….and in both occasions God went rhetorical.
He asks us back HIS own set of questions. But, like i said, this time it’s rhetorical.
"Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge? Brace
yourself [like a man]; i will question you and you shall answer me.
Where were you when i laid the foundations of the Earth? Tell me if you understand?
what else could i say? me and Job put our hands both to our mouths..
and if Job has an mp3 player, he might have been playing this song in it the whole day long….singing it with all of his heart.
"..Jesus all i have is YOU
You’re the hope i’m holding to
i might weep, but still my faith rest in YOu
as the heavens hold the skies
it’s YOur hand that holds my life
and Your love will lead me on
when all else is gone…"
(proof of my so-called happiness.. hehe)
hahaha..yes ate..you’re happy…I trust you kok ^_^ I always ask why too…especially at my current situation. but what gets to me is Isaiah 29:15, where we shouldn’t ask what the Potter is doing. We are the clay and we have no right to ask “what are you doing ??? ” (altho we always do..hehehhehe) and the rhetorical part would be in Jeremiah 18:6…..amen Ate…all we have is Jesus…the one who will always be with us….PRAISE JESUS !!!!!