When it pleased God…
—Galatians 1:15
“Do not look for God to come
in a particular way, but do look for Him. The way to make room for Him is to
expect Him to come, but not in a certain way. No matter how well we may know
God, the great lesson to learn is that He may break in at any minute. We tend
to overlook this element of surprise, yet God never works in any other way.
Suddenly—God meets our life “…when it pleased God….” Keep your life so
constantly in touch with God that His surprising power can break through at any
point. Live in a constant state of expectancy, and leave room for God to come
in as He decides.” CHAMBERS
Sometimes, when we are
talking about the Christian life, the implication is that nothing beneficial
ever happens to those who are not Christians.
Yet, we know that is not true. (Matthew 5:45) “He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the
good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.” When we reflect on what happens to us, our tendency
is to view God through our workaday (cool word) lives. We wonder, how will God
help me with my problems … food, money, relationships. We are focused on the
physical. Just has the sun shines on the
unrighteous, the rain falls on the righteous.
God may intervene in some way, but remember, God sent Jesus to save you
for eternity, to restore your condition to the way it was before the Fall in
the Garden. Not to make certain that your bills are paid. That your standard of living is
maintained. That you never get sick or
suffer loss. And when God does intervene
in your life, His intervention may be for your physical good or it may not
be. But it is always for His glory. Whether God chooses to stay His hand, as with
Lazarus, or to perform a miraculous
healing as with the blind man, the underlying purpose will be for His glory and
a testimony to the world. How we react
to what God does or doesn’t do in our lives, depends upon our spiritual
health. How much we worry or fret
depends upon our trust level. Our trust
level depends upon our spiritual habits.
It’s as simple as that. ELGIN
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless
You)
Charley Elgin
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