If I where going to attempt to show God's power to you (Oh, please just shoot me now!), I would show you His standard for the perfection of all things.
Things just work, or even work better, if that standard is sought. Not seeking that standard appears foolish. Simple example is how to conduct business. God's standard is: He wants a just weight; don't water it down; take good care of your slaves(employees) and pay your taxes. Seems simple but, how many do it?
Robert Burns' poem To a Mouse, 1786:
But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane [you aren't alone]
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft a-gley, [often go awry]
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promised joy.
(Or, for the promise of some cheese, lost his head--WHACK!)
Let’s say you’re a publicly traded foreign oil company. You negotiate with Libya for an oil contract, predicated upon your being able to negotiate the release, from prison, of a Libyan mass murdering terrorist, which you do: an act of unimaginable injustice and unrighteousness, for the sake of “shareholder value”. Then, one of your oil rigs blow-up in the Gulf of Mexico, killing several people and making a huge mess. Many people lose their jobs, and some are forced to suspend their operations because of the environmental disaster you created, which you must clean up. And everyone is boycotting your gas stations and they’re renaming your company “Bad People”. Then, Libya is plagued by civil war and the Libyan leader is killed! You know? It could happen! Now, how is your “shareholder value”? And let’s say that many retirement accounts, in that foreign country, are heavily invested in your oil company, unequally yoked together with your complete unrighteous stupidity, and God’s Smack-Daddy! You don’t want to be anywhere near a public corporation when it’s Smack-Daddy time!
Things just work, or even work better, if that standard is sought. Not seeking that standard appears foolish. Simple example is how to conduct business. God's standard is: He wants a just weight; don't water it down; take good care of your slaves(employees) and pay your taxes. Seems simple but, how many do it?
Robert Burns' poem To a Mouse, 1786:
But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane [you aren't alone]
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft a-gley, [often go awry]
An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promised joy.
(Or, for the promise of some cheese, lost his head--WHACK!)
For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked will perish. Psalm 1:6 NASB
