What Does It Mean To Be God, Part 2

God Purposes All Things.

God is not a fortuneteller, a soothsayer, a mere predictor of events. He doesn’t have a crystal ball. He knows what’s coming because He plans and creates what’s coming and He performs what He plans. Verse 10b: "My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose." He does not form purposes and wonder if someone else will take responsibility to make them happen. God plans every detail and He executes all His plans - “I will accomplish all my purpose.”

So, what does it mean to be God?

God has the rightful authority, the freedom, the wisdom, and the power to bring about everything that He intends to happen. Therefore, everything He intends to come about does come about. Which means: God plans and governs everything! He is God!

When God says, “I will accomplish all My purpose,” He means, “Nothing happens except what is My purpose.” This includes sin and evil. Nothing comes about apart from God’s purpose and plan.

If something happened that God did not purpose to happen, He would say, “That’s not what I purposed to happen.” And we would then ask, “What did You purpose to happen?” And He would say, “I purposed this other thing to happen which didn’t happen.” To which we would all say, “But You said in Isaiah 46:10, ‘I will accomplish all my purpose.’” And He would say, "That's right. Therefore, what happens is what I purpose to happen and what didn't happen is not what I purpose to happen!"

Therefore, what God means in Isaiah 46:10 is that nothing has ever happened, or will ever happen that God did not purpose to happen. Or to put it positively: Everything that happened or will happen is purposed by God to happen. This is what it means to be God!

But wait, there’s more.

End of Part 2