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The Christian in Complete Faith That GOD Is Always Doing His Will

March 22, 2010
A Commentary

Today much of the talk on Christian talk radio, particularly of the Protestant variety, has been on the passing of the health care bill so important to President Obama. Without a doubt healthcare reform is necessary. That the business of health care and our United States government created this problem from the start is also in my opinion absolutely true.

It is not by the initiation of any one president or party. It is the imbalance of who-gets-what-and-how-much. When CEOs of insurance companies are awarded over $100 million dollars upon leaving their post, whether for retirement or other reasons, while denying the availability to have treatment to others is a terrible injustice. That our elected legislators would rather call each other names rather than sit down in good faith and work together for the good of those who elected them is in essence stealing taxpayer money.

Even more out of alignment is the attitude of many Christians, me included at times. God created the world and God created life. God is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. Do Christians truly believe that God is in control, or is it true only when circumstances are what we want?

Today I have heard many comments from Christians that sound no different than those who are “of the world.” It would be better for all to commit to a time of prayer every day. Do we say that God is in control, that all works to glorify God, that God will use the bad for His good, but not believe it? One radio spokesperson said today that we “place our hope in the empty tomb” and “not in the government.” That is correct. Yet, does God’s world stop at the borders of Washington D.C.?

We strive to live and do God’s will only when we are not living within God’s will. We supposedly leave all else behind—father, mother, familiar comforts when necessary. What a wonderful demonstration of faith this could have been but for all of the sore loser comments and actions. And yes—it turned into a contest by the manner of opposition.

Becoming that which we abhor and find wrong in human morality and character is an action of great pride. There are no winners, however, because this polarity and lack of willingness to work together makes for no winners—and Christians, humbled by the immense goodness of our loving God, should not be ever the one on top of the heap.

Mary Katherine May
Quality Music and Books

Bible Commentary Psalm 127: 1a and 1 Corinthians 6: 19 and Matthew 7: 24-27

The House

by Mary Katherine May

co-owner of www.QualityMusicandBooks.com
host of www.TheHouseUnited.blogspot.com (Northwest Cable 19)

My first choice for the title of this article was “Toilets and Tornadoes.” I certainly would have caught your attention!

Let’s think upon what “regularly” means. As a piano teacher it didn’t take me 25 years to discover that when students said, “I practiced” or “I practiced a little” could cover anywhere from “I glanced at the piano as I walked by” to “I put my 30 minutes in every day.” When regular practice did commence the student was always amazed at how much pleasure playing the piano could give. What about Bible study? Does it mean having a Bible present in your home, or does your definition include the words “every day”?

Psalm 127:1 begins, “Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain.” Each of us is a home in which God resides. I invite you to look up 1Corinthians 6:19. We are the active builders with God holding the Master plan. It is far too easy, however, to be out on a long lunch and leave building for another day.

May 6, 1965 is the date of the worst tornado activity in Minnesota’s recorded history. Two of the five tornadoes that struck, rated as F4, went through Fridley where my family lived. It was an important day—because that night was the science fair at the Junior High School where I was in the seventh grade and my brother in the ninth. This is where we were when the first tornado came down, producing major damage to our school.

Whole neighborhoods of homes were destroyed. What struck me, though, was that in many the only room left standing was the bathroom in the middle of the house because it had no outside walls. There is an analogy here, and it is this: Everything around you can be uprooted and torn down, your body can be tormented with pain and suffering, yet your very center—the core, the soul can be A-okay because God is in-residence.

In the Old Testament books of Ezra and Nehemiah, the story of the restoration of Jerusalem is told. What was first rebuilt was the altar—the very center of our worship. It is the same with us—our souls where the Holy Spirit resides is at the very center of our being. It is who and what we are as Children of God. Our souls can be nourished by the Living Word, or they can be starved for lack of food. It has to do with how you define the word “regular.”

This month I am asking you to begin attending a Bible study. I am asking you to meditate upon God’s word at home. Then, when the storms come and destruction is all about, you will still be able to say, “it is well with my soul,” and live in peace.

Suggested for meditation: Psalm 127, 1Corinthians 6: 19, Matthew 7: 24-27