HE Made ALL Things.

Proverbs 16:4  “The LORD hath made all things: yea even the wicked for the day of evil”

I don’t need to repeat the first part of the verse but hey, I’m going to because I’m just that awesome!  So obviously God made everything the we can see as well as the things that we can’t see, such as emotions, character traits, and ‘physical’ things like air, and the elements.  At the beginning of time God intended for all the things that he created to be good and stay good.  However in Genesis 3:17 God created or allowed thorns and thistles, which are considered bad things.   It wasn’t his intent to have to use them, but man made a horrible choice and so all the bad things that God created – but didn’t want to use – were released because of OUR choice…remember that it’s NOT God’s fault that there are bad things, it’s OUR fault because of the decision that Adam and Eve made in the garden.  It’s all a choice.  So back to the verse…God created man and even the wicked are his creatures although they are rebels to him and against him.  We/they all have a good nature and a bad nature, but they (the wicked) have chosen their bad nature instead.  Also we have to understand (and I don’t know why He did this) but God gave those wicked people the power and intelligence that they use to fight Him, and us Christians.  However since God created the He is above them, everything is from Him and is of Him, therefore everything is to Him and for Him.  So even though there are LOTS of bad things happening to others and to us, God is in some way using them for His purposes.  We may not see it now, or in the future, but He may be letting the bad things happen to you and others so that 100-200 years from now He can use it for His purpose.  Also most likely he is letting the bad things happen so that He can teach you something that will make you a better person, and later in your life be able to relate with others who are going through the same thing you went through, and be able to help them.  Know what I mean??  Just because God allows the bad and wicked doesn’t mean that he condones it.  Keep this in mind…the wicked people came from who? God.  So God is higher and mightier then they are, so we know that we can rely on Him when things get hard because He is above all of them.  Here’s a thought I had…maybe He let’s the wicked people/things prosper and grow until they are really big and mighty, then He topples them so that people will see that even though ‘the wicked may reign supreme for the month, He controls the year’   Instead of moaning and griping when hard things happen to you or wicked people come into your life, pray for wisdom and try and learn something from what’s happening.  Maybe your refusing to learn from the bad things that are happening, which is why God keeps sending them.  He may just be waiting for you to learn something.  I hope you understand what I’m saying here!