Sunday Lessons: God is God. He knows what He wants to do.

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,

    neither are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.

“As the heavens are higher than the earth,

    so are My ways higher than your ways

    and My thoughts than your thoughts."

                                   - Isaiah 55:8-9

There are times when we get angry with God because everything gets messed up, because problems never seem to stop coming. We get angry with God because we asked for something and He hasn't delivered. 

I used to be like that. When I was in my teenage years, I used to think of God as a genie--always ready to grant my wishes, always ready to indulge me my desires. When He wouldn't answer my prayers, I would get bitter and refuse to talk to Him. 

Who are we to demand God? When did the servant get the right to command his Master? 

"It's not about the building you enter every Sunday, not the number of verses you know, not how high you raise your hands during praise and worship. You can tell a person is a Christian by the decisions that he makes."

A Christian does not turn his back on God just because his prayers are unanswered. A Christian does not choose to stray just because life seems to be so hard. A Christian trusts God and His sovereignty, and makes his decisions based on that trust.

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose."

                                                                                      - Romans 8:28