The Reformed Doctrine of Going With the Flow

Philosophers like Lao Tzu have taught the importance of moving with the nature of things rather than against them. Interestingly, his concept of the Tao is akin to the Greek concept of the Logos. As the apostles (and church history) demonstrate for us, believers may profit from the true conclusions of natural philosophers as they grasp at the truth of the invisible God and the principles of his creation.

But the philosophy of moving with things as they are also finds expression in the biblical doctrine of God’s loving sovereignty in our lives. If we trust him, we can embrace the people and predicaments he has put in our daily lives instead of wishing things were otherwise and trying to make them so (one of the classic blunders). So as it turns out Reformed theology is pretty zen.