We now return to our regularly scheduled blog series.
What You Believe
Part 9
God Does Things For You
This, of course, is closely related to "God Speaks To People". Speaking to you is just one of many things He does for you. He also heals you, finds jobs for you, opens up parking spaces for you, the list goes on and on! In fact, I believe that you believe that everything good that happens to you is God at work. Is that correct?
Again, I can't help but venture into possibly disputed details, but I think it is the (unstated) policy of most, if not all, Apostolics to give God credit for anything and everything that you can't explain in "natural" terms. (And most won't try very hard to "explain" them!) Well, at least when those things are good. Not bad things. Usually. Unless those bad things happen to unbelievers. Those might be God at work. But I digress.
Now, sometimes these things God does for you are in response to prayers, but not always. Sometimes He just likes to bless His people, out of the blue. Got a promotion at work? God is so good! Somebody give you a car? That was God! Yes, God influences people (bosses, friends, even strangers) to be nice to you. Sure, maybe you deserved that promotion anyway, but I guess bosses sometimes need a little nudge. A supernatural nudge! (I don't know how you can tell if the boss was nudged, or he was just doing his job. Or maybe it's always God's doing. Dunno.)
Now, speaking of prayer, I don't think anyone here actually believes that God will do
everything you ask Him to do. In fact, it would be silly to think that. God is not your butler! No, God knows which prayers to answer (with a "yes") and which ones not to. Now, when God does grant a request, is that always a time when He would have done it anyway (see previous paragraph)? Or are some of His blessings waiting in a warehouse somewhere, stamped "FOR RESPONSE TO PRAYER, ONLY"? I guess only God knows the answer.