One of the greatest lies people tell themselves is that every disaster in their life is “the will of God.” It is a comfortable excuse. It removes responsibility. It makes the guilty feel holy. But let’s face the truth: not all pain is God’s plan. Some pain is the fruit of stupidity. And stupidity never glorifies God.
Picture a young man who spends every night drinking, smoking, and fighting. One day he lands in prison. Instead of admitting that his own foolishness brought him there, he says, “Maybe this is God’s way of teaching me something. Maybe He wanted me to be here so He can be glorified.” No, my friend. God is not glorified in your prison sentence. He is glorified in your honesty, your discipline, your self-control. The prison was not His plan—it was yours.
Take another example. A student spends the whole semester sleeping, watching movies, and partying. When exams come, they pray desperately, “God, let me pass for Your glory.” They fail. Then they comfort themselves, saying, “Well, maybe God wanted it this way. He will still be glorified.” Really? Was it God who told you to waste your time? Was it God who said, “Do not study”? No. That failure was not divine destiny. It was human negligence.
The problem is, many people confuse consequences with God’s will. They think every outcome has been planned in heaven, even the ones born out of laziness, pride, and fault. That is not true. God created us with brains, with wisdom, and with freedom. Freedom means choices. And choices carry results. If you choose fire, you will get burnt. If you choose poison, you will get sick. That is not fate. That is not destiny. That is stupidity.
The sad part is how people baptize their mistakes with spiritual language. They say, “God knows why this happened.” Or, “Maybe He allowed it for His glory.” But let us be honest. If you ruin your own marriage by cheating, is God really glorified in your divorce? If you spend all your money on gambling and end up broke, is God glorified in your poverty? If you mistreat your body for years and collapse in sickness, is God glorified in your hospital bed? No. God is glorified in uprightness, not in foolishness.
But why do people cling to this lie? Because it is easier to say “God allowed it” than to say “I was wrong.” Admitting fault is hard. Facing consequences is bitter. So instead of repentance, people choose excuses. Instead of changing their lives, they cover their shame with the false blanket of destiny.
We must wake up. We must learn to call things by their real names. A thief is not a victim of fate; he is a criminal. A lazy student is not suffering from God’s plan; they are reaping their negligence. A careless husband is not cursed by heaven; he is paying for his infidelity. Until we stop baptizing stupidity as God’s will, we will never live upright lives.
Here is the truth: not every storm comes from God. Some storms are self-made. You cannot light a fire in your living room and then cry, “Why did God allow my house to burn?” You burned it yourself. And unless we take responsibility, we will keep living in smoke and ashes, thinking it is all part of some holy script.
So let us ask ourselves: where in our lives are we confusing stupidity with God’s will? Is it in the way we handle money? Is it in our health choices? Is it in the way we treat relationships? Is it in the way we raise children? Think carefully. Because until we face this truth, we will keep drowning in our own mistakes while pretending we are swimming in God’s plan.
God is glorified in wisdom, honesty, discipline, justice, love, and truth. He is not glorified in stupidity, negligence, and arrogance. If we want to see His glory, we must first stop confusing it with our self-made chaos.
Picture a young man who spends every night drinking, smoking, and fighting. One day he lands in prison. Instead of admitting that his own foolishness brought him there, he says, “Maybe this is God’s way of teaching me something. Maybe He wanted me to be here so He can be glorified.” No, my friend. God is not glorified in your prison sentence. He is glorified in your honesty, your discipline, your self-control. The prison was not His plan—it was yours.
Take another example. A student spends the whole semester sleeping, watching movies, and partying. When exams come, they pray desperately, “God, let me pass for Your glory.” They fail. Then they comfort themselves, saying, “Well, maybe God wanted it this way. He will still be glorified.” Really? Was it God who told you to waste your time? Was it God who said, “Do not study”? No. That failure was not divine destiny. It was human negligence.
The problem is, many people confuse consequences with God’s will. They think every outcome has been planned in heaven, even the ones born out of laziness, pride, and fault. That is not true. God created us with brains, with wisdom, and with freedom. Freedom means choices. And choices carry results. If you choose fire, you will get burnt. If you choose poison, you will get sick. That is not fate. That is not destiny. That is stupidity.
The sad part is how people baptize their mistakes with spiritual language. They say, “God knows why this happened.” Or, “Maybe He allowed it for His glory.” But let us be honest. If you ruin your own marriage by cheating, is God really glorified in your divorce? If you spend all your money on gambling and end up broke, is God glorified in your poverty? If you mistreat your body for years and collapse in sickness, is God glorified in your hospital bed? No. God is glorified in uprightness, not in foolishness.
But why do people cling to this lie? Because it is easier to say “God allowed it” than to say “I was wrong.” Admitting fault is hard. Facing consequences is bitter. So instead of repentance, people choose excuses. Instead of changing their lives, they cover their shame with the false blanket of destiny.
We must wake up. We must learn to call things by their real names. A thief is not a victim of fate; he is a criminal. A lazy student is not suffering from God’s plan; they are reaping their negligence. A careless husband is not cursed by heaven; he is paying for his infidelity. Until we stop baptizing stupidity as God’s will, we will never live upright lives.
Here is the truth: not every storm comes from God. Some storms are self-made. You cannot light a fire in your living room and then cry, “Why did God allow my house to burn?” You burned it yourself. And unless we take responsibility, we will keep living in smoke and ashes, thinking it is all part of some holy script.
So let us ask ourselves: where in our lives are we confusing stupidity with God’s will? Is it in the way we handle money? Is it in our health choices? Is it in the way we treat relationships? Is it in the way we raise children? Think carefully. Because until we face this truth, we will keep drowning in our own mistakes while pretending we are swimming in God’s plan.
God is glorified in wisdom, honesty, discipline, justice, love, and truth. He is not glorified in stupidity, negligence, and arrogance. If we want to see His glory, we must first stop confusing it with our self-made chaos.
