Whenever we are taught that God ordained a set of circumstances that are supposedly meant to work out for our good but we do not yet know what the outcome of this good is supposed to be then it is indeed blind faith or trust.Justaned wrote:No one was taking blind faith or blind trust. God clearly stated he would make all things work to our good, if we love him and are called to His purpose.
My contention is we try to qualify this by telling God what is our good, instead of trusting God to so as He said He would.
We qualify the good by what the Bible says and not by some ascetic redefinition of good. Deuteronomy 28 describes exactly to the most minute detail what a blessing (good) and a curse (not good) is from God's perspective. Therefore there is no need to tell God what is our good. HE HAS ALREADY TOLD US! In commenting further on the blessings and curses listed in Deut. 28, the Lord says:
- See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil.... I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: (Deut. 30:15, 19)