Wildness of God

Interestingly noted by Brent Curtis & John Eldredge in their book "The Sacred Romance", they pointed out the wild side of God when dealing in our lives. It intrigued me to find out this aspect of God and wonder why it even happens. Taking example of Job's walk with God, finding out how God even allowed Satan to enter Job's life, to almost destroy him. Job is a blameless, upright, a man who fears God and shun evil. Job 1:8 (⁸ Then the Lord asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He is blameless—a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil.”)

Why would God do such things to him? Do read Job 1:6-12; Job 2:1-10 to find out what happened to Job and what did God do in his life. God allowed satan to kill Job's children and destroy his property, then allowing satan to again inflict sores and pain unto Job. Yet in Job 2:10, it speaks a lot as Job rebukes even his wife in order to protect the faith that he has in God.


Also in Jeremiah 20:7-9
" ⁷ O Lord, you misled me,
and I allowed myself to be misled.
You are stronger than I am,
and you overpowered me.
Now I am mocked every day;
everyone laughs at me.
⁸ When I speak, the words burst out.
“Violence and destruction!” I shout.
So these messages from the Lord
have made me a household joke.
⁹ But if I say I’ll never mention the Lord
or speak in his name,
his word burns in my heart like a fire.
It’s like a fire in my bones!
I am worn out trying to hold it in!
I can’t do it! "

It seems like God has placed Jeremiah in a situation where he is in bad shape and still cannot get out of it. God also left Abraham with his knife raised and almost killed Isaac; He left Joseph in Egyptians' prison for years; He allowed Jesus to be crucified on the cross. Why does He does all these when He has the ability to just twist the whole scenario around?

In Job's walk with God, it did not appear as smooth as it deems to be. Yet Job's faith is so strong, despite so many things against him, he chose to trust in God. Abraham too, choosing to honor God, knowing that the son is given through Him and and be saved through Him too, did not cease to lift the knife up. Joseph, believing that God is with Him is true and right about his faith, that God helped him at a right timing. In Jesus' case, it appeared as late as Jesus died on the cross. Yet, it was just the beginning of the big story of this Faith. In Luke 24:44-47, it explained that everything must be fulfilled so that God's plan can work.

We are all living to fulfill this purpose, the work of God. For these people and Jesus, what happened to them may seem to be least expected since they are righteous, blameless, and aways loving God. God chose them to work this aspect of the work, causing them to suffer on earth, but exalted Jesus high above all creation on earth. To view it in a story form, God's story has His climax and downfall. God chose Job, Jeremiah, Abraham and Jesus to play the climax, where the least expected occurs and leading to a downfall. Yet with this climax, the whole story was made perfect in God's directing.

Therefore, trust that God has a plan for you, though it may be bad, but with God, you are never out of His perfect story! (: