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An 80s jam perfectly articulates the spiritual conundrum today’s episode attempts to address and Who’s really in charge.

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00:00:01 --> 00:00:06 An 80s jam perfectly articulates the spiritual conundrum today's episode

00:00:06 --> 00:00:06 attempts

00:00:06 --> 00:00:09 to address and Who's really in charge.

00:00:10 --> 00:00:10 Tune in.

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00:00:45 --> 00:00:49 I have a friend who often asks me questions about religion and faith.

00:00:50 --> 00:00:53 This friend is walking a very difficult path right now,

00:00:54 --> 00:00:56 struggling with the actions of someone close.

00:00:57 --> 00:00:59 One of the questions posed to me was,

00:00:59 --> 00:01:01 if nothing is impossible for God,

00:01:02 --> 00:01:05 why doesn't he just zap this person into doing the right thing?

00:01:07 --> 00:01:09 My answer was the fodder for the episode,

00:01:09 --> 00:01:12 The Celestial Bellhop Experience,

00:01:12 --> 00:01:13 linked below.

00:01:14 --> 00:01:17 But that's just one half of the equation.

00:01:17 --> 00:01:20 The other part has to do with free will.

00:01:21 --> 00:01:24 If we are robots with no say in our lives,

00:01:25 --> 00:01:27 how can anyone tell if our love is genuine?

00:01:28 --> 00:01:31 It's like being in prison with no autonomy,

00:01:32 --> 00:01:35 with every aspect of your life prescribed for you,

00:01:35 --> 00:01:36 when you eat,

00:01:36 --> 00:01:37 when you sleep,

00:01:37 --> 00:01:38 etc.

00:01:39 --> 00:01:42 God allows us to make our own choices,

00:01:43 --> 00:01:44 and at a certain point,

00:01:45 --> 00:01:49 if we continue to rebel against his authority as our maker,

00:01:49 --> 00:01:51 the one who knows us best,

00:01:52 --> 00:01:54 he gives us over to that debased mind,

00:01:55 --> 00:01:55 says Romans 1.28,

00:01:57 --> 00:01:59 and allows our consciences to be seared over,

00:02:00 --> 00:02:01 according to 1 Timothy 4.3.

00:02:04 --> 00:02:07 As hard as it may be to accept the choices loved ones make,

00:02:08 --> 00:02:12 especially the ones that seem to be on a collision course with spiritual danger,

00:02:14 --> 00:02:18 we have to remember that they were gods before they were ever ours,

00:02:20 --> 00:02:22 and that they are in his hands,

00:02:22 --> 00:02:26 albeit with the ability to exercise their own free will.

00:02:27 --> 00:02:32 Sometimes we deal with hardships made by our own goofy choices or the choices

00:02:32 --> 00:02:33 of others.

00:02:34 --> 00:02:37 or he disciplines us as children he loves,

00:02:38 --> 00:02:38 Revelation 3.19 and others,

00:02:40 --> 00:02:42 so that we may be restored.

00:02:43 --> 00:02:48 The end of Romans chapter 8 describes his love eloquently and powerfully.

00:02:49 --> 00:02:53 Either way, we have to trust his control over the situation.

00:02:55 --> 00:02:58 Our episode title is taken from the Janet Jackson song of the late 1980s.

00:03:00 --> 00:03:01 Like Ms.

00:03:01 --> 00:03:05 Jackson in the lyrics of the song, we wrestle for control.

00:03:06 --> 00:03:07 Whereas we make choices,

00:03:07 --> 00:03:09 both good and bad,

00:03:09 --> 00:03:10 ultimately,

00:03:10 --> 00:03:12 God is in control.

00:03:13 --> 00:03:19 Our Momoism for today says we often put more trust in ourselves or the word of

00:03:19 --> 00:03:19 our

00:03:19 --> 00:03:24 friend's cousin's mother's hairdresser when we could just go to the God of

00:03:24 --> 00:03:24 the

00:03:24 --> 00:03:27 universe in simple faith and obedience.

00:03:28 --> 00:03:31 What's the hardest part for you in ceding control?

00:03:32 --> 00:03:34 Or maybe you don't find it hard.

00:03:35 --> 00:03:36 Chime in with your thoughts below.

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