quoted by ravi zacharias.
i don't know where the original came from...
"when God wants to drill a man, and thrill a man, and skill a man;
When God wants to mold a man to play the noblest part.
When He yearns with all His heart to create so great and bold a man,
That all the world might be amazed;
Watch His methods, watch His ways.
How He ruthless perfects whom He royally elects.
How He hammers and hurts him, and with mighty blows converts him
Into trial shapes of clay that only God understands
while his tortured heart is crying and he lifts beseeching hands.
How He bends but never breaks when His good he undertakes,
How He uses whom He chooses and with mighty acts induces him to try His splendor out.
God knows what He's about."
I haven't thought it out quite through yet, but I think on hindsight we could never live out of God's plans. I mean, He's got the whole world in His hands, how could anyone live out of His plans? (it rhymes!) what in the world can we do that will shock the Omniscient? I guess the clearest way to put it, is to look to the past. obviously, in the past I've thought of wrong things, done wrong deeds, etc. at that point in time (if i knew it was wrong) I would have thought its not according to God's plan. I mean, how could it be? but looking back, I realise I've learned from those times and I would not be where I am if I had thought/done otherwise. would I have been better off if I did the right thing? who knows. perhaps better off in one way, but i worse in another. I suppose what's "best", in its most objective sense, only God knows.
Its like, as much as He's been to the future, He is the God of the present. That's how we have free will to make our own choices. the fact that we've made certain choices show our character such that if you turn back time and made the other choice, that flaw is would still be there. anyways if we were all able to turn back time we would be in our earliest age of sanity living life to the fullest. but that would be boring.
ayy. I almost forgot to add what it all means to me. its comforting to know that God's always in control. i don't need to be afraid if choices i make "are part of God's plans." of course, that is if, and only if, i truly and humbly want to do it for Him. even if it is "wrong", as long as i continue to find Him, He'd bring me back. 1 tim 2: 4 says God "...wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth." but if pride or ignorance, laziness, bitterness, yada yada yada takes over (especially if its for the rest of your life), thats when things goes wrong.
OH. haha. disclaimer: I THINK.
i don't know where the original came from...
"when God wants to drill a man, and thrill a man, and skill a man;
When God wants to mold a man to play the noblest part.
When He yearns with all His heart to create so great and bold a man,
That all the world might be amazed;
Watch His methods, watch His ways.
How He ruthless perfects whom He royally elects.
How He hammers and hurts him, and with mighty blows converts him
Into trial shapes of clay that only God understands
while his tortured heart is crying and he lifts beseeching hands.
How He bends but never breaks when His good he undertakes,
How He uses whom He chooses and with mighty acts induces him to try His splendor out.
God knows what He's about."
I haven't thought it out quite through yet, but I think on hindsight we could never live out of God's plans. I mean, He's got the whole world in His hands, how could anyone live out of His plans? (it rhymes!) what in the world can we do that will shock the Omniscient? I guess the clearest way to put it, is to look to the past. obviously, in the past I've thought of wrong things, done wrong deeds, etc. at that point in time (if i knew it was wrong) I would have thought its not according to God's plan. I mean, how could it be? but looking back, I realise I've learned from those times and I would not be where I am if I had thought/done otherwise. would I have been better off if I did the right thing? who knows. perhaps better off in one way, but i worse in another. I suppose what's "best", in its most objective sense, only God knows.
Its like, as much as He's been to the future, He is the God of the present. That's how we have free will to make our own choices. the fact that we've made certain choices show our character such that if you turn back time and made the other choice, that flaw is would still be there. anyways if we were all able to turn back time we would be in our earliest age of sanity living life to the fullest. but that would be boring.
ayy. I almost forgot to add what it all means to me. its comforting to know that God's always in control. i don't need to be afraid if choices i make "are part of God's plans." of course, that is if, and only if, i truly and humbly want to do it for Him. even if it is "wrong", as long as i continue to find Him, He'd bring me back. 1 tim 2: 4 says God "...wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth." but if pride or ignorance, laziness, bitterness, yada yada yada takes over (especially if its for the rest of your life), thats when things goes wrong.
OH. haha. disclaimer: I THINK.
