It’s Not Fair!
Friday, February 19
It’s Not Fair!
About that time King Herod Agrippa began to persecute some believers in the church. Acts 12:1
Acts Chapter 12 is an exciting read and very fast moving. First James is executed and, not long afterwards, Peter is also arrested, but miraculously set free. That causes some serious questions to rise in my mind, and perhaps it did in the minds of others at that time also. Did God love Peter more than he loved James and thus spared his life, sacrificing one child over another? This is absolutely not true!
It was simply James’ time to die. He had made Jesus Lord of the manner and timing of His death, and he was willing to lay down his life when called upon to do so. I believe that James would have agreed with the Apostle Paul when he said to the Philippians that for him, to live was Christ and to die was gain (Philippians 1: 21). But it does cause us to ponder the plans of God.
We started off this week in the book of Isaiah understanding that Gods thoughts not our thoughts. God had a distinct plan for each of the twelve apostles’ lives, James had fulfilled his and with that was called home to God. Peter would follow at a later date, but now wasn’t Peter’s time.
God doesn’t have to give an account to us for the way He deals with each of His children. And know that His plans will not be our plans neither are His ways our way. God has a distinct plan and purpose for each of us. I don’t know about you, but I have enough problems trying to work out what God is up to in my own life, let alone what is happening in the lives of my sister or brother. It all comes down to trust. If God is trustworthy (worthy of my trust), then I don’t need to understand. I just need to keep walking, and be faithful with what He has set before me.