The control of life

Saturday, 09 January 2010 22:39

For centuries men have been searching the principle around which the history, and since the dawn of it has tried to guess what that principle, the Greek philosophers came up with that history moves in circles and today there are those who are according to this concept, Aristotle, said that first arose a tyrant who exercises control over a nation and govern until the end of the dynasty, then control is transferred to a relevant ruling family and its power deteriorates until control happens to the people and this is what is called democracy.

But a democracy also suffers an impairment that causes the collapse of power and this is in anarchy and lawlessness arises again a tyrant who seizes control and so continues the cycle of history and find that there is much truth in this theory.

Thomas Jefferson considered it politically, and when he wrote the Declaration of Independence introduced the idea that human governments recognize that men have been granted them certain inalienable rights and that to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men and he felt that the forces that shape human history and form the nations of the earth are political in nature.

Marx got his idea that the controlling force of the story was the economy, which is the need to meet the material demands that shapes the story, and this idea has taken hold so the minds of men by all the earth, millions of people who feel that the economy is what controls your life.

Others have said that the principle is sociological, and so a large number of thinkers said that evolution shapes the human life is now often taught in school that behind all events of history that leave record historians, there is an evolutionary principle that tends to rise more and more, making life even better.

These are some concepts that are in the world, but what should concern us is the concept of God, for that we are Christians, we are, because we understood that anyone who writes our story is the Lord, for this, read the Word of God in Psalm 81:11-16 "But my people did not hear my voice, And Israel loved me not. The left, therefore, the hardness of his heart, walked at her own advice Oh, if I had heard my people, If Israel had walked my ways!. In a moment would I subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries. Those who hate the Lord would have subjected him, And the time they would last forever. Les God would sustain the best of wheat, And with honey from the rock sate them.

Indeed the Bible says that all these concepts that we are wrong, and shows that behind the course of human history is God, the essential point on which the story revolves is spiritual, is the Spirit of God works through men , and can not understand human events without first recognizing this fact.

One of the most significant statements ever written in the Bible and have heard the men was something that God told Noah: "My Spirit shall not with man forever" Genesis 6:3, and always has been done that statement has meant that the trial of God was at hand, this is because the Spirit of God strives with man patiently limiting the evil so that human life will continue, God holds the destructive forces of human events, but ultimately God's patience is running out and there comes a time when God says to a nation or a person: "My Spirit shall not with man forever," and when God leaves out his Spirit, who is the controlling force life, everything collapses and that is when disasters occur and his trial fell upon mankind.

When Joel said: "The field is swept, the earth mourned, because the wheat was destroyed, wiped the wine, the oil was lost" Joel 1:10, was saying God is behind this event. and then says: "Proclaim a fast, call an assembly, Assemble the elders and all the inhabitants of the earth in the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord. Alas for the day! because nearby is the day of Jehovah, and will come as destruction from the Almighty "vs 14-15.

It was something that happened by accident but that God was behind was not a whim of nature but that happened in obedience to God who works through natural laws that govern human life and here we find a lesson : If we learn the lesson now, we'll save all the problems that befall us when the Lord says, "My Spirit shall not with man forever" as a sign of the end of their patience and start of the trial.

Joel was making it clear that God's hand is allowing catastrophes like this happen for people to be aware that life has a spiritual foundation and is not simply a cycle of sleeping, eating, drinking and getting the money to do it and that behind all the usual things of life is the controlling hand of God's Spirit.

It is necessary for man to wake up and take that God is speaking, it has something to say, God wants to bless the man, to lift and put on top, but he is not willing to listen and that's the problem , and that is why God shakes us with something to make us listen.

"Has God done something, while living quietly and all was going well when suddenly had to become aware that God wanted to speak?, Maybe it was something terrible, but necessary to realize that things were not so well as he seemed, and only then began paying attention, realizing that something was not doing so well

God does not delight in judging and that's not what he wants, does not enjoy never having to judge anyone but seeks a heart that is willing to listen, to pay attention and open the door to the blessings God wants to pour over the life well, to get that person or nation heard and again, God allows difficult situations to correct his path of disobedience, all that the Lord is a repentant heart, so we say wrenching your heart, not your dress and "If ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts" Hebrews 4:7.

When we realize that God is seeking is easy to think: "At least outwardly I will obey," and it's amazing that many Christians are so knowing that the Lord "to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature that is not clear to him "Hebrews 4:12-13," He acted like doing that?, Tore his clothes but his heart was torn, knowing that God was saying, "Do not try to fool me with it externally because you do not interest me, do not bother with hypocritical attitudes because what I want is to see a contrite and repentant heart.

That is the issue, you may deceive others, and until we can deceive ourselves but the Lord does not deceive, and unless we really show our heart contrite before Him, "The Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people "Joel 2:18; the tearing their hair out is worthless without true repentance.

When a true repentant heart and surrendered to Him, God says, "Earth, Fear not, be glad and rejoice, because the LORD will do great things," Joel 2:21, describes the restoration of the earth saying: "The eras are full of wheat , and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil "vs. 24, and also promises:" I restore to you the years that the caterpillar ate, the bounding, the revoltón and lobster, my great army which I sent you "vs. 25.

Do you know what?, I became a Christian and is a wonderful thing, but when I think everything I missed before so, in the years of my life I've wasted, I feel a deep pain at the memory, if I had understood that control of life was not about money, or position, or anywhere else in the Lord, had stopped doing the things I did and he did not like, but when I repented and gave my heart I said, "Son, I will restore the years the caterpillars ate the bounding revoltón and the locusts," and that's a promise made by God, he shall restore the shirking of our lives when we turn to him, and then "You shall eat your fill, and praise the name of the Lord your God, who did wonders with you, and my people shall never be ashamed" vs. 26, that's what happened in Israel and what goes on each life covered by the control is of God, repents and surrenders completely to Him

If we remember the passage where Peter, the day of Pentecost, when a violent wind visited the Christians who had gathered at the temple and tongues of fire appeared over their heads and began to speak in tongues at that time when Peter stood and guided by the Spirit of God, said: "Men of Jews and all who dwell in Jerusalem, this will be noticeable, and hear my words. Because these are not drunk as you suppose, ......... this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel "Acts 2:14-16.

We see that the Lord said at the time of Joel, he repeated through Peter at Pentecost and today I read Hebrews 4:7 "If ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts" because the Lord says: Repent , ripping your heart and not your clothes because "My Spirit shall not with man forever," "will restore the years that the caterpillar ate, the bounding, the revoltón and lobster," "The floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil "and" You shall eat your fill, and praise the name of the Lord your God, ....; and my people shall never be ashamed. "

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