There are two ways of looking at it.
“At what?”
At anything—or, if you prefer, at everything.
“How’s that?”
Pretty simple as a matter of fact.
“Really?”
Really.
“Please explain.”
Thought you’d never ask. There’s God’s way and there’s man’s way. Every issue in life can be viewed from either perspective. Indeed, we always do view things in one way or the other. The problem is, too often—even Christians—view matters from man’s, rather than God’s perspective.
“Don’t the two ever coalesce?”
Only when man accepts and adopts God’s view of life and how to live it. In Isaiah 55:8, God says “My ways are not your ways and My thoughts are not your thoughts.” That pretty well sums up the problem. We can’t expect God to adopt our ways and our thinking; the only way we can come to agreement is if we make the changes necessary to conform to His thoughts and ways.
“’Tis pretty simple, isn’t it?”
Yep. Except man can’t make the changes on his own. The idea that he can, in fact, is an example of one of those human thoughts that is incompatible with God’s.
“How, then, can he change so as to conform to
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