It Is Easier To Be Man Than To Be God!

By Michael Wells
Posted Thursday, April 8, 2004

Eccl. 3: 11-15”He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime; moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God. I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him. That which is has been already, and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by.”
Loving fathers busy themselves making life easier for their sons than it was for them. I remember, as a child, wanting, in the worst way, a little motorscooter. As soon as my boys were big enough, I made sure that they got one. I have known more than one man who, not having a father himself, was driven to be the best father possible. Fathers delight in helping their sons and even sharing in the accomplishments of their sons. In short, fathers want their sons’ lives to be better than theirs. Could it be that God is also this way? Could it be that the life God has for me is actually better than His? It boils down to this: is it easier to be man than to be God? Look at the life of God. Man has never really paid for sin; it has been God that has been picking up the tab all along. His creation pays and He pays. The ultimate payment came when His only begotten Son died. God has taken all the responsibility to cause things to work together for good, to take what He has made and redeem it in every possible way. He is putting together a grand jigsaw puzzle. All the pressure is on Him. Would you really like to be God? Would you like one day to experience what it is like to be driven by pure love? Could you bear up under His sorrow? Would you have the wisdom to govern? I have concluded that my life, as a son, is much easier than my Father’s. I am just going to rest and enjoy all of His work. I think I will just enjoy my inheritance.