When we realize that there is nothing in the kingdom of man that does not have a purpose for being there, then we being to understand the broader charter of the kingdom of man. There has been a goodly measure of lamentation about the bad things that happen in life. Some people have even decided that all the bad things must be separated from the LORD. This is neither a wise thing to do, nor is it a possible thing to do. As we read in Scripture; the LORD said, I make peace, and create evil. This does not mean that the LORD does wicked things. This means that the LORD also made those unpleasant things that exist in the kingdom of man. They were placed there to provide a counterbalancing challenge for mankind, to offset our tremendous reservoir of pride. Moses expressed it this way.
A Prayer of Moses the man of God.LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
(Psalm 90:1-9)The Preacher, king Solomon, wrote of this counterbalance, and how we should respond to it. If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.(Proverbs 24:10)The man Job lived this counterbalance, as a burned in part of his life. Still, the man Job did not faint in the day of adversity. The knowledge of this man’s victory and exaltation may have been a part of the thoughts of Solomon as he wrote his proverb about adversity. These are the words that could have been a part of Solomon’s thinking, and that fit well in his motivation: shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?…
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