Monday, May 22, 2017
The Lord is king! He is robed in majesty. Indeed, the Lord is robed in
majesty and armed with strength. The
world stands firm and cannot be shaken. Your
throne, O Lord, has stood from time immemorial. You yourself are from the everlasting past. Psalm 93:1-2(NLT)
There are
two truths I have learned about how much God is in control of everything in
life:
a.
Life doesn’t come close to
being random.
A cowboy applied for health insurance and the agent routinely asked if
he had had any accidents during the previous year.
The cowboy replied, No; but I was bitten by a rattlesnake, and a horse kicked me an’ broke
two ribs.
The agent was amazed. A
rattlesnake bite and a horse; weren’t
those accidents?
No, replied the cowboy, they did it on purpose.[1]
We never
catch God by surprise either.
b.
God’s plans tend to mess with
my plans.
·
1960
was the year I lost my legs; well, virtually, not literally. At thirteen, life was really getting
good. Sports defined my life. I cried foul when the doctor took a look at my knees, called it a
condition with a name I still can’t pronounce and put me in a chair for five
months. God had messed with my baseball!
·
There
was the year we had our first child, Jennifer
I went from being #1 in Elizabeth’s life to that guy
who made lists when my bride said things like:
Oh, and don’t forget to pick up
more Pampers when you get the groceries; and get some more of that diaper rash
cream.
I needed a cream for my honey-do rash!
God’s sovereign plans mess with
everybody’s plans!
A dear
friend told me about her 54 year-old friend with which she’d gone to school
dying suddenly.
Another
friend’s wife had a brain tumor some years ago; the operation was successful,
but my how it changed their lives.
Superman
isn’t supposed to be vulnerable. God’s
plans mess with our plans; boy, do they ever!
And so, if
we want to act with wisdom in a world where God is in control, we must take the
advice he offers.
Starting
tomorrow we will look at two very important principles for getting the big
picture on how to run life’s race with God who is eternal and sovereign.
For You Today
Think
hard all day today about what you’d really like to know about getting along
with God, and the kinds of questions you’d ask.
Then, when tomorrow’s devotion shows up in your inbox, if you’re ready
for a conversation, leave a comment; once we get talking about it, how would
you ever want to leave that discussion?
NOTES
[1] Our Awesome God © 1997 Ray Pritchard, 1997, Oak Park, Illinois
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