Today's encouragement comes from Romans 9:20, where we read these words:
"But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, 'Why have you made me like this?' "Though God would have His own sincere children be very gut-wrenching-ly candid with Him, and share with Him everything that is in our hearts, and lay everything bare before Him—the Lord does *not* entertain com-plaints about *why* He has made people in one way or another.
Even when it comes to His sovereign election unto grace and glory in Jesus, (which is the immediate context of Rom. 9:20), we are not allowed to "reply against God." Of course, no one really cares whether they please God, or not, until they are regenerated (born again). Therefore, it is especially ill-suited for God's redeemed people to quarrel with the Lord, as to why He elects some sinners, and not others.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Without Christ's Spirit the soul is in confusion, without beauty and form . . . “ —Richard Sibbes, in, "The Bruised Reed"]
