The Better Ministry

We often think of God’s plan as a done deal. We’ve been told that when God speaks, He is simply announcing what is already a finished fact. But there is a famous conversation in the book of Exodus that suggests God’s "Sovereignty" is far more beautiful and relational than what's written in stone. A Surprising Offer While Moses was on the mountain, the people below turned away from God. God told Moses: "Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation" (Exodus 32:10). If we believe in a "static script," we have to ask: Was God just pretending to be angry? Was He offering Moses a "great nation" that He never actually intended to give him? If the future was already a fixed object, then God was essentially asking Moses to participate in a scripted drama. But the Bible presents this as a real moment of potential . The Power of the "Intervention" Moses didn...

Most of us grew up believing that God has the entire history of the world written down in a finished book. We tell ourselves that every detail—from the day we are born to the moment we take our last breath—is already "set in stone." Some do this for the comfort of knowing God has already finished His plan, while others simply go along to avoid asking some difficult questions. One of those potentially disruptive questions has to do with Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, where that idea of a "finished book" runs into an uncomfortable realization. The Problem with a "Finished" Future If every passing second of the universe has already been determined, why did Jesus ask, "If it is possible, let this cup pass from me," what was He actually doing? If the "script" was already written and couldn't be changed, then there was no "if." It would mean Jesus was asking for something that was impossible, even for Him. It would make His...