Went to Broadripple tonight. Was a very interesting night. I had four lengthy conversations that took up the whole night. First with a guy who was very intoxicated but actually gave good witnessing advice. Two high school guys who are trying to figure out how this all works. A guy named Pepper who was arrested during our conversation (I would love to share more details but that's now what this is about). And a guy at McDonalds.
I see God's sovereignty and people's stubbornness clearly right now. God is in charge. I am so thankful that I need not determine people's eternal fate. There are so many people that are distracted with the world and think they know God but really don't. They raised their hand in a church service as a kid and think they're covered; or were baptized at some point in their lives and think that gets them in; or go to church regularly; or (most commonly) I try to be really good and do things for others to the best of my ability. Yet so often there is not a glimmer of godliness in their lives. How do we deal with this, especially with those close to us? God has made a way for each and every person to know Him, yet so may people deny Him. Matthew 7 says "many" go to destruction and "few" go to heaven. So most people you bump into on any given day are headed for hell. This is difficult to meditate through, yet God is sovereign and just and fair. No matter what happens in someone's life (e.g. growing up in the hood in a house with no heat and not knowing your dad, or they lose a loved one, or they just have it easy in life), we are all held accountable to the God of the universe, and He is a good and fair judge. And I rest easy knowing that He has covered my sin and He is good.
