Is God in control?!

I'm writing this blog in my van, parked on Main Street between appointments. The free wireless Internet connection from the adjacent Chinese "all you can eat for $8.25" Buffet lets me effortlessly create and publish my thoughts. There's a surreal sense about this experience in small-town Manitoba. Literally millions of Chinese in Sichuan province are without cuisine and a whole lot more today as a result of a devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake earlier this week. The fact is that advancements in technology have privileged me with the ability to communicate with you and also allow me to be aware of far more in God's world than I know what to do with.

An email this week from a GodTalk listener asked the question again, is God in control?! It's a good question, and it comes up at least as often as our wireless and cable networks let us know that 10's of thousands have died yet again in a cyclone, earthquake or famine. The question wouldn't be so difficult if I was God, but of course I'm not, so the question gets posed to me because I have the supposed audacity to believe that capital "g" God actually exists. To believe in gods is fairly easy - anyone can believe in a non-authoritative entity of their own making. But to believe in "G"od is a whole other matter. My response to the listener's question is this: Let's ask another question - do you find God to be trustworthy? I may not be able to understand everything that goes on in this world and I may not be able to understand the ways of a Creator, but do I find the living God trustworthy? In other words, can I "hang in there" with God because of what I have come to know, even when some things don't make mortal sense to me?

I have a humble confidence in capital "g" God, far more confidence than believing in a god of my own making.