Wow – El Elyon – God Most High. This is one of the names of God that caused me to stumble when I first began to really know Him. I didn’t actually know this name but as I began to understand this aspect of His character, I kind of got my feelings hurt.
If you listen to who the World (and in some cases the Church) says that God is, you will get a distorted and limited view of Him – the “God of the New Testament” vs. the “God of the Old Testament” (this is the classic good cop-bad cop explanation of Him) pretends that He evolves over time…in truth we know He is the same yesterday, today and forever (Heb 13:8). There is this Santa Clause view of Him where He is jolly and is supposed to give us all the gifts that we want (whether we need them or not) – in this view He is too “nice” to allow anything “bad” to happen to anyone and “bad” stuff is blamed on people or the devil. If this were true it would mean that people or the devil can get the best of God and does not acknowledge His real power and authority over all (Is. 46:9-11).
KA really gets to the point here and I won’t say it any better than she did…so instead of me sharing any more – please share with us about you thoughts on the scriptures listed on pages 16, 17 and 18. I would love to hear from you!
Just A Girl…just like you!
I think it is very hard to accept that fact that even though “bad” things happen to us it is all part of a plan. We just have to accept, be ok with it, and know there is a reason for it. TRUST~
Did you ever get to read the book “Hinds Feet in High Places”? It is such a comforting explanation of these difficult things…