Qué será, será
Whatever will be, will be
The future’s not ours to see
Qué será, será
What will be, will be
You know the song right?
I have heard this song a couple of times and I didn’t try to think differently until recently.
I really do not want to think the writer of the song meant any harm, but she just wanted to encourage people to understand that there would be some things that just wouldn’t budge and would just be outside our control no matter how much we try.
This is not a bad stance I must say as this somewhat reminds us about God’s sovereignty as Christians, however, I’m afraid we might seat permanently on the other end of the balance.
This would bring in predestination
This would make God a tyrant
This would make the scriptures that asserts man to be a free will agent fallible
This would invalidate praying to avert or stop evil from happening.
Moving forward, I would like to encourage you in this walk of faith by taking you through the scriptures and reminding you of biblical characters who understood the times and by their actions what should have been didn’t come to be.
1) Hezekiah
2 Kings 20:1 King James Version In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
He got an instruction
Not from a false prophet but from a genuine one who spoke God’s mind.
He didn’t feel overwhelmed
He didn’t think there was no point praying.
He wasn’t discouraged neither did he get into despair
What did he do?
Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
He didn’t start sulking or blaming God.
He didn’t start preparing his will.
He didn’t just let it stop at what Isaiah had said.
He had a personal relationship with God.
He didn’t stop at the Doctors report, He went to God
What happened in a jiffy?
4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.
6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
What will be will be is better positioned as what should have been CAN be changed and averted by praying for God’s mercy.
Gloria Awolehin
You might want to see this THOUGHTS ABOUT CHRISTIAN LIVING.
2)Jabez
Jabez was another young person who reiterates that we shouldn’t allow clicheys and clap-traps rob us of the endless potentials and possibilities we can explore by faith.
1 Chronicles 4:9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
Jabez could have forfeited to “destiny” but he chose a different path. He didn’t allow his background to define his future.
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me!
And what happened thereafter?
And God granted him that which he requested.
Be always found to have done the very best you can that there’s nothing more to do again.
3)Ahab
Ahab was a tyrant who assisted by the wife had just killed and forcefully taken ownership of somebody else’s vineyard when God sent His degree through Elijah.
1 Kings 21:20-22 Ahab said to Elijah, “So you have found me, my enemy!” “I have found you,” he answered, “because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord. 21 He says, ‘I am going to bring disaster on you. I will wipe out your descendants and cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel—slave or free.[a] 22 I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have aroused my anger and have caused Israel to sin.’
Did he retire to fate knowing fully well his sin was heinous? No!
What then did he do?
27 When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went around meekly.
He was penitent, he was broken and then God affirmed that such kind of heart He wouldn’t despise.
29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house.
What should have been was postponed to a later time.
(Maybe not so nice but it was definitely a better one. The son and generation to come can also wave it over or get it cleared.)
You might want to see this MY FEARS
THOSE WHO BELIEVED WHAT WILL BE WILL ALWAYS BE.
1)Eli:
Samuel who had just started hearing from God as a Prophet had God share with him his decrees regarding his mentor
1 Samuel 3: 12-14 At that time I will carry out against Eli everything I spoke against his family—from beginning to end. 13 For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons blasphemed God,[a] and he failed to restrain them. 14 Therefore I swore to the house of Eli, ‘The guilt of Eli’s house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”
It was good enough Samuel summoned the courage to share with Eli lest he claims ignorance.
That information one would assume would be acted upon for good but what instead happened?
1 Samuel 3:18
And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the Lord: let him do what seemeth him good.
This is what indifference looks like
This is what apathy looks like.
Would like to encourage you seeing this never to resign to fate.
God’s mercy never fails, do not allow the whispers of condemnation stifle the call to grace.
2)Jehoram
2 Chronicles 21:13-15 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father’s house, which were better than thyself:14 Behold, with a great plague will the Lord smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:15 And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
What did he do after God’s decree?
Nothing.
It’s not possible he did something and the scriptures was silent about it- No.
18 And after all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.19 And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
From contracting the sickness to death, there was a space of two years but there was no mention of seeking repentance.-this is what despair does.
I want to pray that you don’t lose your grip in God whatever comes your way and that for me too. Amen!
If the Church had resigned to the ‘what will be will be’ clichey, Peter might also have been killed.
God’s will is definite from His own end but his systems to fulfilling them are dynamic and can be changed from time to time.
God isn’t a rigid God. He has emotions. He listens to us and He’s always working in our best interest whether our prayers are answered or not.
What should have been won’t come to be if we pray
What should have been won’t come to be if we’re watchful
What should have been won’t come to be if we don’t take actions.
May God grant us understanding
Your sister, Gloria.
