#AwakeningYou: IF I WERE A GOD! – by Haastrup Steven @StevenHaastrup

 “If I were God I would turn men into robots. No mind of their own. No vision. I would turn then on and off at will. With that, I would be able to safeguard my plan and achieve my goals.”

Have you ever wondered how God runs His world?

Welcome to #AwakeningYou – a Tuesday weekly script of #StevenSpeaks.

I have wondered many times how God runs His world. I had tried to imagine what I would do if I were God. I would be the absolute ruler of the world. I would make laws and enforce them. The shifty nature of man would not make me trust him. I would not allow any of my plans to be aborted by man and his fallen systems. So, I would run the show absolutely. Alternatively, I would turn men into robots. No mind of their own. No vision. I would turn then on and off at will. With that, I would be able to safeguard my plan and achieve my goals.

Well, I am not God. I think that should make you happy. Our God is not an absolute leader and He is not threatened by the freedom of men to make decisions that could inhibit His divine plan. So, He created man like himself – free to make his choices; free to run his life and that of his community by the power of his vision. Of course, God runs the world by the power of his vision. His vision is driven by his love for men, His passion for righteousness and hatred for evil. He has graciously shared with us this love, this passion and this hatred.

The Bible says, God has given gifts to all men. So, in reality, God runs His world through the power of ideas that he has generously distributed to men. This means when a community is in trouble, He looks for a man he could give an idea of a change. When a business is in trouble, He looks for a man He can fill with an idea that will lift the company from the troubled water. When a family is about to collapse, He hopes one of the partners will wait on him long enough to get an idea that will save the marriage and bring back the lost passion.

To make us do this he brings a discontent to our hearts. Each time we break his laws or others around us do so, we have a caution in our hearts. Our consciences are troubled when we see evil triumph over righteousness. When our society is not being run the way it should, an alarm rings in our hearts.

Through his gifts, generously given to man and through divine discontent he puts in the hearts of men like you whenever His plan is in jeopardy, God runs his world. He hopes that you will be committed to using your gifts to the betterment of the society. He also hopes you will ever be ready to hold a good conscience and challenge the status quo wherever necessary.

Could you please take a moment to take a stock of your gifts?  They may be a pointer to your God-given vision. And what are you disgusted about? That may be what you have called by God to change.

Ponder Through… Discover You…

Be Stirred and Say… I am the God sent Change!

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