Podcast Adventure 3

So far, there's been a pattern in my podcast comparisons. This is good, but...and this is good, but... and so forth. Okay, you get the point. There's good and bad in both. This last exercise in dialogue will be a bit different. I hope.

I'm back to Providence and Lamentations, as some good conversations came from those series. Also, they made up a big percentage of what I had on my iPod. Some things are just meant to be.

Anyway, I'll start with Providence and say, I especially enjoyed the two messages I'm using as an example. One was on the writing on the wall and the other was on Moses' escape from being killed as a baby. This speaker has a lot to say about history (Babylon's fortitude and capture) and actually science (the butterfly effect without Ashton Cutcher). I like to learn, and I enjoy the fact that these messages provided an opportunity to do so.

In the case of Babylon, the points were:

a) the wall outside and the city itself was inpenetrable

and

b) By doing what he did the king was basically giving God the finger (my paraphrase).

The point is, God used what happened next to show He was in control and He deserves the glory. In the end, putting confidence in anything less is a bit worse than problematic.

During the time of Lamentations, Israel was in a similar situation, being reminded of who God is. Still, the speakers in Lamentations go from "you deserved it" to showing compassion and later, even frustration and grief at what is happening. The speaker touched on grief and added that change, even good, can have grief. I'm still chewing on that one, but agree or disagree, it's food for thought. In the end, we need to acknowledge and deal with the grief, as well as speak up against injustice. Be the one to address it.

The second message on Providence involved how even the tiniest events have significance. God used Moses, and he used Moses' mom, sister, and even the river itself to ensure his survival.

Another speaker, in his introduction to a message on 2 Peter, mentioned how Christ never rose to a position of political power, yet as the Providence speaker would say, He's the King of Kings.
God loves using the seemingly insignificant, and that will never cease to make me smile.