Is God Sovereign Over Human Disability?

Posted: 05 May 2010 11:30 PM PDT (Author: John Knight) Yes he is. He tells us so in Scripture: Then the Lord said to (Moses), "Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?" (Exodus 4:11) As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him." (John 9:1-3) To be clear, God's sovereignty doesn't mean he merely permits disability. These verses show us that he sovereignly intends it, both for his glory and for our good"that the works of God might be displayed." With that in mind, what do you think about this expansion of Psalm 139:13-16? I've added some additional descriptors in italics to bring out what we really mean if we believe that God is sovereign over disability: For you formed my inward parts with Down syndrome; you knitted me together in my mother's womb without eyes. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made with cognitive challenges. Wonderful are your works in creating me without limbs; my soul knows it very well though my ears will never hear a sound. My frame was not hidden from you as you made me with Apert syndrome, when I was being made in secret with autism, intricately woven in the depths of the earth without Hexosaminidase A. Your eyes saw my unformed substance with spina bifida; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me with cerebral palsy, when as yet there was none of them. *** For more biblical and visual proof that God is sovereign and good in designing disability, check out Krista Horning's new book Just the Way I Am.

Es Dios Soberano sobre las incapacidades humanas? Autor: John Knight Si, Dios es soberano!. El nos dice esto en las escrituras: xodo 4:11 Y Jehov le respondi: Quin dio la boca al hombre? O quin hizo al mudo y al sordo, al que ve y al ciego? No soy yo Jehov? Al pasar Jess, vio a un hombre ciego de nacimiento. Y le preguntaron sus discpulos, diciendo: Rab quin pec, ste o sus padres, para que haya nacido ciego? Respondi Jess: no es que pec este, no sus padres, sino para que las obras de Dios se manifiesten en l. Juan 9:1-3 Para ser ms claros, La soberana de Dios no significa que solo permite la incapacidad, estos versos muestran que el intencionalmente lo hizo as en su soberana, ambas cosas, para su gloria y para nuestro bien. Para que las obras de Dios sean manifiestas Con esto en la mente, Qu piensas tu sobre esta expansin del salmo 139:13-16? Le he agregado adjetivos adicionales en letras itlicas para resaltar lo que realmente significa si creemos que Dios es soberano sobre nuestras incapacidades. Porque tu formaste mis entraas, con el sndrome de Down. T me hiciste en el vientre de mi madre, sin ojos, Te alabo, porque formidables y maravillosos son sus obras, aunque me creaste sin algn miembro Estoy maravillado, Y mi alma lo sabe muy bien, aunque mis odos nunca hayan escuchado un sonido. No fue encubierto de ti mi cuerpo, que padece del sndrome de Asperger, Bien que en oculto fui formado, con autismo Y entretejido en lo ms profundo de la tierra, sin Hexosaminidase A, Mi embrin vio tus ojos, an con espina bfida, y en tu libro estaban escritas todas aquellas cosas Que fueron luego formadas con parlisis cerebral, sin faltar una de ellas.

Para ver mas versos que prueban la soberana de Dios en la creacin y diseo de incapacidades, puede consultar el nuevo libro de Krista Horning Just the way I am disponible en Ingls solamente.