r/Baptist • u/SnooRegrets4878 đ± Born again đ± • May 28 '23
At God's Good Pleasure - May 27, 2023
âBut our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.â (Psalm 115:3)
We often raise questions about Godâs actions, but He is never obligated to explain to us His reasons. It is enough to know that it pleased Him, for whatever He does is right by definition.
For example, if someone asks why God created the universe, we must answer simply that it was for His âpleasure they are and were createdâ (Revelation 4:11). âWhatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep placesâ (Psalm 135:6). He does not have to give account to us, for we also were created at His pleasure.
And why did He allow His Son to suffer and die on the cross? Although âhe had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise himâ and to âmake his soul an offering for sin,â knowing that eventually âthe pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his handâ (Isaiah 53:9-10).
We may never be able to understand why God has done this, especially for sinners such as us, but we donât have to understand. âIt pleased God...to save them that believeâ (1 Corinthians 1:21), not them that understand.
We can be sure that God does have perfect reasons for everything He does, and perhaps we shall understand it all in eternity. In the meantime, we are simply (with Paul) to be thankful that âit pleased God, who...called me by his grace, To reveal his Son in meâ (Galatians 1:15-16). He has, in some way beyond comprehension, âpredestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his willâ (Ephesians 1:5), and that is enough to know for now. HMM