What if he was testing you to see if you had enough faith in him to do nothing and trust in him to see for your child's safety?
Are you showing a lack of faith in God by rushing to their rescue?
Would God truly let something happen to your child if you did nothing?
2007-04-23 07:16:06 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
christians claim that prayer works and god heals.
until they get a runny nose -- then they all run off to the doctor! suddenly, prayer doesn't work anymore ---- but a doctor and TheraFlu does!
it's all so phony!!
2007-04-23 07:19:43 · answer #1 · answered by Phyllis 4 · 4⤊ 6⤋
Let's take these one at a time. Shall we?
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This is exactly what God does. He entrusts a child's parents with the earthly care of His little ones.
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That's not how it works. One is supposed to pray as if it all depends on God, and then go out and work as if it all depends on yourself.
Parents are the instrument through which the child will stay safe. The more faithful the parents are to God, the safer the child will be, spiritually speaking.
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It is not a show of a lack of Faith. Indeed, to do what you suggest is to temp God. Though Shall Not Temp The Lord Thy God..
If my child comes into danger, I am the instrument throughwhich God will ensure the safety of my/His child.
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There is no way to know that for sure.
Even though God does not will bad things to happen, He does allow it because, in His Grand Plan, something good always comes out of the bad. The greater the bad, the greater the good that will eventually come from it.
2007-04-23 07:28:26 · answer #2 · answered by Daver 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would save my child or any other child if it were in my power. I think people get all twisted up when it comes to what God will do or expects from us. What if your child was sick and you pray for healing yet you never take the child to the doctor and it dies. God put people and things in place and at times it is up to us to actually use the services provided. God works through people so going to your child’s rescue does not necessarily lessen your faith!
2007-04-23 07:24:24 · answer #3 · answered by Jai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. But I can tell you something about trusting God with your kids. My mom is Christian and wants me 'saved'. She thinks I will regret my life and the way I raise my kids and will have consequences. She thinks I am going to hell. Her whole attitude and all those prayers to save me, has made me feel undermined as a parent and a person. And has affected me kids in many many subtle ways. I hardly talk to my mom anymore. And don't let her see the kids much. She is really hurt as she only wants what is best for us. Maybe her God is too small? I mean, if she REALLY trusted her God enough, then she could have accpeted me, my kids, and our perfectly normal life... then she could be part of it, if she trusted her God enough to support us in life, instead of subtely judging us and praying that we will change. That was an excellent question that really hit home with me. There is a time to help and a time to just let go and let your God.
2007-04-23 07:22:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I pray to God for His protection over my son, I trust that He will send someone to deliver him out of harms way. If I 'rush' to his rescue, obviously I'M the one He has in mind to do the rescuing! I've got a mental picture of my son crossing the street, and a car barreling towards him. No mother in her right mind would mildly stand by, waiting for God to miraculously snatch the child from danger! We become the miracle, because our instincts would make us run faster than we've ever ran before, in order to save our children!!! Common sense tells me that if I stood my and did nothing, he would be injured, or worse.
God gives us mental and physical strength for a reason!!
2007-04-23 07:24:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you wait for God to literally come down and rescue your kid personally, you'll be an idiot.
God help us through people. For all you know, YOU may be God's help.
It's like the question of why some have more than others. Because other people take the opportunities given to them by God, not simply just wait around to be served in a silver platter.
God's help comes in various forms.
2007-04-23 07:21:06 · answer #6 · answered by Diamond 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-28 18:48:06 · answer #7 · answered by staves 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We come to the aid of our children because we love them. Does God trust the care of crack mothers? Abortion mothers? That point of view makes no sense.
There will be plenty of tests of faith in life, some may involve your children, and some not. But we always need to be careful to stick to our principles which in this case would be to protect your family.
In case you havent noticed, God lets bad things happen all the time in this world. His covenant is not to protect us physically, it is to save us spiritually and raise us from the dead on judgment day.
2007-04-23 07:31:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe that any mother or father would watch their child get killed by a car when all they had to do was to run into the road and prevent the accident. It's not human nature to allow these things to happen. Even if you believe in God, you couldn't physically allow it to happen and if you did, I don't think you would deserve to be a parent.
2007-04-23 07:22:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, God would never test me like that.
God wants me to rush to save my child. No, I am not showing lack of faith to do what God has planned for me to do. I know right from wrong.
No, I would not let anything to happen to my child. God does not want me to let something bad to happen to my child either. : )
2007-04-23 07:20:17 · answer #10 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I would save my child because that is what I, as a parent, am obligated to do.
When I brought my kids into this world, I made a vow to protect them from harm. I intend to keep that promise until the day I die.
2007-04-23 07:43:00 · answer #11 · answered by iamnoone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋