To accept that God does not involve himself in the physical is unsettling to believers because they feel better thinking they are in control; that God is waiting to respond to their beck and call; that God will give us anything we ask.
Jesus said "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world" On another occasion he said "…where your treasure is; there your heart will be also." Why are we so infatuated with the physical?
People whose faith is shattered when they experience suffering have the mistaken notion that as a Christian they will not suffer and no one associated with them will suffer. That is not true. That is not reality. It is unscriptural.
We hear questions concerning "Why do bad things happen to good people?" Jesus said "… he (God) makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust." There is no difference between the just and the unjust as far as nature is concerned.
When we read the New Testament we see that bad things happen to good people and neither God nor Jesus will interfere. We should teach truth, we should teach reality and people will be better prepared for when bad things happen to and around them.
When Jesus gave site to the blind man, the disciples asked who sinned, this man or his parents. If the man was born blind how could he have sinned? Either we have a bad translation or Jesus' followers were asking an irrational question. The man was born blind because certain cells did not develop in his eyes to permit him to see. Sin had nothing to do with it.
God is not involved in the physical. If we violate laws of nature or laws of physics we will experience the consequences. Sin has nothing to do with it.
The devil is an angel and has no more power and no more influence than other angels such as Michael and Gabriel. Satan brought sin into the world by convincing the serpent to lie to Eve. At that point God's perfect physical world changed to an imperfect physical where imperfect things happen. Until Eve succumbed to the serpent's lies sin existed in the likes of Satan, the serpent as well as other creatures in a perfect physical world.
In Numbers chapters 13 & 14 is the account of God, through Moses, sending men to spy out the land of Canaan to see what the land was like, whether the people were strong or weak, few or many, good or bad.
Twelve men went up and spied out the land. When they returned they reported to Moses and to the entire congregation. Ten of the spies gave a fearful report; 2 of the spies gave a confident report. In response, Moses and Aaron said to the people of Israel, "If the Lord delights in us, he will give the land to us, only do not rebel against the Lord and do not fear the people of the land. The Lord is with us; do not fear them."
And the Lord said to Moses, "How long will this people not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them?
When we look at our local areas what do we see? Are we one of the ten or are we Joshua and Caleb?
We need to get our minds off the physical and be about our Father's business.
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