It's
ok for our experience to get ahead of our theology. It's ok for God
to do things we don't understand yet. And he often will.
Just
look at the blind man in John 9, who Jesus healed with mud on the
Sabbath. Jesus knew the religious leaders would consider making mud
“work” and hence unlawful on the Sabbath. He intentionally did a
Messiah miracle in a way they thought the Messiah wasn't supposed to
do miracles. So they had a choice – they could choose their
theology – the box they thought they had God in – or they could
choose God (Jesus).
We
have the same choice when we see God do things we don't understand or
manifest in ways we don't like. The key is to look at the fruit and
not be biased by our personal preferences. Often God will
intentionally do things to offend us and heal us from our personal
preferences.
It's
ok for God to do his God-thing in a way we don't like. After all,
which one of us is God?
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