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Free Markets and Free Will
The rescuers arrived in a four-wheel drive vehicle,
but he declined, saying
"The Lord's going to take care
.ofme."
Hours later, we find him sitting on his roof as
the rescue boat comes by.
''No thanks,
"he said.
"The
,
Lord is going to take care ofme.
"
Late that night he is sitting on his chimney, with the
flood waters·lapping at his feet. The rescue helicopter
makes one last attempt to get him to climb aboard, but
Noooooo,
"The Lord is going to take care ofme."
And
Saint Peter, the story goes, indicted him with his reply,
''Man, the Lord sent you a four-wheel drive vehicle, a
boat, and a helicopter
--
what in the world do you want
more than that?"
Alas, over the years I have occasionally known able–
bodied men who had a perverted
"The Lord will
provide...
"attitude and would not work or provide for
their families. Innocent casualties were the result, as
those families eventually went under and/or broke
apart. God's sermon on this issue is quite brief and
stern (II Thessalonians 3:10):
''Ifany would not work,
neither should he eat
"
On this issue, there is a very plain duty set forth in
the Scriptures (I Timothy 5:8):
''But ifany provide not
for his own and especially for those ofhis own house,
he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel
"
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