Can’t we have our right from God?

Lately there have been lots of debates on matters like should gays and lesbians be given the right to be married. Some says marriage has nothing to do with religion; it is an affair between two loving persons. Some says marriage is a state’s matter, and church should leave it to the state or the government. There shouldn’t be any law to bar them from marrying.

As God’s people we know very well that we’re powerless, sinful and hopeless before Him. It is by His grace and mercy that we’re saved. We would not ask from him matters that go against His will. Even if gay marriage is legalized, it remains immoral.

We don’t come to God and demand from Him. We come with an obedient heart and humility to honor Him that He is our God, our Creator and Master. To Him we owe and to Him we worship and revere. To God be the glory!

No one comes to God to seek one’s own right from Him, for we know seeking His power and blessings is far better than asking for one’s right. Do we deserve anything from Him in the first place? Did God ‘owe’ us anything? If there’s anything I can think of, it’s perhaps His promises. Then again, if you listen and obey His commandments, God will fulfill His promises even if you didn’t ask.

Seeking civil rights is not a new thing. God in ancient time had commanded Israel to love the fatherless, the widows, the aliens, and the poor before they could protect themselves and ask for their rights.

The Bible, however, never teaches us to demand for any kind of human rights that go against God’s commandments. God’s commandments keep us from doing wrong and from sinning against Him. Anything that is not a commandment, He would let us have our free will to exercise our decision. Remember, God demands from His people, “Be holy, for I the Lord, your God am holy.”

Let us not follow those seeking for equal rights that violates His commandments, but instead seek His forgiveness. May the gracious and righteous God empower us to do good and just, and remain right with Him instead of asking for the ‘right’ to do evil. Amen.