Crisis
Crisis often brings us closer to God because it reminds us that He has total control. All of our hopes and expectations depend upon His mercy and grace. “Why you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.” (James 4:14)
It’s important that we must understand that divine sovereignty does not mean that everything that occurs in the world is God’s will. Solomon, who grew wise from his own mistakes, finally realized, “I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:11)
God does not want calamity to happen to us. We encounter so many obstacles in life mainly due to the choices and decision that we made. The many incidences where we escape unharmed should remind us of how great God is. We must know that there are important lessons to learn from such experiences. Although we may have the freedom to make our own decision and choices, we need to submit to God’s sovereign will. “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” (II Corinthians 3:17)
Psalm 109 : 21
But you, O Sovereign Lord, deal well with me for Your name’s sake; out of the goodness of your love, deliver me
Stops & Steps 1555 13Jan2011