REVERSE THEOLOGY

Just as we have reverse psychology, the following is what I like to describe as reverse theology.

In theory and principle, it states and demonstrates that God who is good is using or allowing apparent bad to happen to His beloved people in order to prevent greater bad or to achieve greater good. 

The returns are surely higher and of greater value.

Where seemingly negative things are happening to certain people for predominantly good reasons.

The greatest depiction of this would be Christ going through so much pain and trauma from the people He came to save then hanging on a cross to pay the price for their salvation.

Same type of cross used for criminals, and even crucified at the same time with criminals—same experience yet with a very different purpose.

Let’s look at a relatable contemporary example.

When a person has money, that’s when all of their hitherto hidden fantasies and lusts become fully activated and can be maximally exploited.

Money gives expression to both the dormant good and the dormant sin lying within our flesh.

That’s human nature.

Sometimes, what we are experiencing in earthly deprivation is divine or providential protection from our base habits and wrong associations.

God is in a sense using people and circumstances to withhold careless or purposeless funds from us.

He who knows us best is purposefully keeping some opportunities from us until we are strong enough to handle and manage them properly.

This works discipline and character in us.

Those who are spiritually mature will recognize this season, state or situation as tender mercies of God shielding us from our unwholesome proclivities.

Proclavities that lead down paths of destruction.

It may be hard to accept this truth but it is helpful and is a winning perspective to hold in our minds, considering the facts from our experiences and juxtaposing those with our knowledge of God.

It is also a hard period to go through but is for our ultimate good. We would not choose it. But God chooses it for us. He builds it into the design of the system of actions and their natural consequences.

Infact, the best functional motive of consequences is not necessarily or merely the punishment of the defaulters but essentially and ultimately it is the discouragement or termination of the defaulting. 

Think about this.

The noblest joy of good correction is not to see the wrongdoer suffer but to see the wrongdoing stop.

That I believe is the Heart of The Father in Heaven.

To see prodigals return home.