Resistance Is Futile

Job 9:4 (NRSVue) - He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and succeeded?

One of my favorite recurring lines in television is: “Resistance is futile.”

While entertaining on television, there is truth in the statement where God is concerned.

Job understood this.

Even as Job suffered, he understood the sovereign nature of the Lord.

He understood that to resist the Lord is futile.

Paul understood this as well.

In his letter to the Romans, he discusses God’s wrath and God’s mercy.

To resist God is futile.

Romans 9:20 (NRSVue) - But who indeed are you, a human, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”

Job explained to his friends that no one can resist God.

Paul explained this to the Romans.

But are we any better than the ancients were?

We try to resist God.

We may even argue with Him.

In our pride, we sometimes even think that we know better than God.

When we do these things, we end up in situations we could have avoided had we trusted God’s sovereignty.

C.S. Lewis put it this way: “There are only two kinds of people: those who say to God ‘Thy will be done,’ and those to whom God says ‘All right, then, have it your way.’”

Fortunately for us, God is compassionate.

He even forgives us when we have resisted Him.

When our resistance turns to trust, He leads us back to where we need to be.

It is never too late for us to learn that resisting God is indeed futile.

Blessings,

Jim Pokorny

The Other Brother Jim

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