"It will come about at that timeIt's funny, just this morning I was telling the class I teach that I was having trouble finding relevant passages in the Minor Prophets. Then this comes up and smacks me this evening. In a way, this could describe me.
That I will search Jerusalem with lamps,
And I will punish the men
Who are stagnant in spirit,
Who say in their hearts,
'The LORD will not do good or evil!'
In my view, God is much less...shall we say, supernaturally active, than most Christians think. I tend not to think of God taking a direct hand in day-to-day affairs, and mostly letting events play out as they would naturally. I feel He normally only interjects at very specific points to direct events when necessary, not to "muddle" in our everyday events or decisions. I've never been able to nail down exactly where the "line" is between the two, but I always felt there is a rough one, at least. I don't think God particularly cares what I eat for breakfast, or which shirt I wore to church this morning. He probably doesn't even care which route I take to church. But when I fell asleep behind the wheel and almost hit a road work crew, I can absolutely accept he may have intervened there.
But now I read this, and I wonder if that belief puts me in this category, where I believe in an inactive God and would've been punished at that time? Where does my belief in a non-micromanaging God cross into one that doesn't do good? I don't have an answer to that, and it bothers me a bit.
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