Good Sunday morning! Did you ever have a question that God answered before you asked it? With me it seems to happen often. When we realize that ministers plan their sermons days or weeks ahead of time, writers send out their articles months in advance, and even a devotional might be written down years ago, we see the hand of God in answering a question before it even occurs to us to ask it.
How 'bout another one? Does your generosity exceed your means? We need to realize that nothing or no amount of giving or need can exceed God's means and resources. One of us might feel called to give some huge amount to a ministry. How would any of us do that on our own? Any of us could face sudden expenses beyond our means and control. We must remember that none of these are beyond the control of our Father in Heaven.
Rolling on... Do you fear disasters and storms, the acts of God as the insurance companies like to call them? Humans have made it to the point that we can create or put together machines and devices that we may not be able to control. The fear of this shows up in books and movies fairly often. God created the entire universe and nothing, no part or whole of it, is out of his control. The universe, in spite of what we see in the media, is not spinning out into chaos. Yes, mankind does have a certain freedom to choose, but that is only because God chooses to allow us this freedom. Every possible decision, big or small, made by all those free individuals is a part of God's great plan. How does that work? I don't know, but God does!
Sitting in a chair in our homes, so much of the universe and this world seems so very large to us. We control so little that we might be tempted to just give it all up. However, we are commanded to spread the Good News. Much of the temptation to give in is rooted in the focus on our own problems. We are to focus instead on Jesus and His might and glory.
Events seem to be whirling over us at the close of this year. Let us work to focus on the Almighty One, Jesus, as the new year begins this week. For the needs of each of us, the needs of your town, or state, or even the entire world, Christ is sufficient. Jesus will see to all of our needs, or this is the end times and He will return to take us home; sounds like a win-win scenario to me!
Rest in Jesus as the new year begins!
Bucky
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