Can We Expect from God While We Deliberately Walk Away from His Path? Author: Gouya Roshan
Can We Expect from God While We Deliberately Walk Away from His Path? Human beings sometimes carry the strangest contradictions within themselves. On one hand, they call upon God, ask Him for help, and place their hope in His mercy; yet on the other hand, they knowingly abandon the very path they believe came from Him. The difficult but necessary question is this: How can a person ignore the commands of their Creator, yet in moments of need expect the doors of His mercy to remain forever open? If someone respects a physician, accepts the prescription, and says they trust the physician's knowledge, but deliberately ignores every recommendation, can they reasonably expect to regain their health without changing anything? To us as believers, God is not merely Someone we remember in times of hardship. He is the Creator, the Guide, and the Sovereign over life. If a person believes that God created them and knows both their inner and outer being, how can they place their own desires abov...