What is Living Unoffended at God?

I’m in debt to Bill Johnson for giving me biblical words to express how we need to relate to God when things happen that just don’t make sense in light of His nature or character.

John the Baptist declared the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, knowing the
Anointed One would release the prisoners. But then he sat in prison and doubt started to set
in. He sent his disciples to ask his cousin if he had gotten it wrong and Jesus responded:

“Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard: that the blind see, the lame walk,
the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel
preached to them. And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.”
Luke 7:22-23 (NKJV)

John was sitting where he did not expect, facing something he did not want.

We could almost say he had the right to be offended at Jesus. And Jesus said “happy is the
one who is not offended because of Me.”

Here’s how we can choose to live un-offended at the Father:

Agree to live without what He withholds.
Give Up Your Right To Understand so you can have the peace that passes understanding
Look To What He’s Doing, not to what He hasn’t done.

These concepts are discussed more in “Life Above the Negativity – from 10 minutes a day.”

I also expand on it a lot more in the upcoming book “How to Hope at the End of the Rope“, so if you need clarification, give me your comments and I’ll try to answer them.