But God Theology

As some of you know, my beautiful wife and I have been in the process of buying a house. (Internet shout out to her because while I am busy trying to get school work, work and church done she has been cleaning and packing....she's awesome.)We had finally gotten through the loan process; all of our I's were dotted and T's were crossed. We had one final phase to wait on before we could close and that was the appraisal. Well, it happened yesterday and the house appraised for a considerable amount less and as a result, right now we are unable to buy the house. The sellers would either have to come down on their price or the appraiser would have to change his mind. Neither of which look to promising. However, nothing is beyond God's control.

This was supposed to be a great move for us. This was supposed to be our blessing that we had been waiting for. This was supposed be done within this week and us move in next week.

This sucks!

But God is sovereign.

The whole But God Theology is this: Not faking the reality of pain, but in the same breath realizing that God is sovereign. God has perfect timing. He knows the future. Yahweh is in control.

Hear this. But God is made up of two parts, both of which are reality. The first reality is pain. God is omniscient, he knows everything about us. So, why, in a painful situation would people try to lie and say, "Everything is just so wonderful and praise the Lord?" God is big enough to handle your non-understanding - that is why He is God. It is okay to say "life sucks," or "this sucks." Those statements just have to be followed with "But God."

The "But God" is the second reality. It is the reality that we do not know what is best for us or for God. In life, God is going to get glory. He will see things point back to Himself. If that means not giving you what you wanted because you can point to Him better from over here - He is going to stand you up over here. If that means that someone has to get sick or even potentially die for Him to get glory, that is what will happen.

We have such selfish natures that we cannot see beyond the "things" in our lives. We have no panoramic lens, only our zoom. We need to anticipate movement from God in every situation and not just leave it at a rhetorical "God why would you do this?"

Sometimes you can look for the good in things, but always look for the God in things.

This sucks right now thinking that we may not get this house, but God is sovereign and He knows what is waiting for us three months from now.

Grace and Peace
Brantley