I feel like Amos In Amos 7:14 when He says I am not a prophet nor the son of a Prophet. I don’t feel eloquent and intelligent. However, I am compelled to share with you this simple thought.
Is God in Control?
Is God in control of the Country? Is God in Control of this Nation? Is God in Control of your Life when it is falling apart?
In Job 38 God answered Job in all of his despair. I want to share with you verse 4 from Job 38. God says to Job, “Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.” The fact that God has been here from the very foundation of the earth really hit me today. God was here before the 2020 election, the COVID-19 crisis and whatever I am personally facing. From the foundation of the earth and before God was present. God has been in control from the Garden to this present day. He has been present during wars, famines and horrific tragedies. I don’t completely understand His plan but I refuse to question His control. Isaiah 55:8 says that God’s thoughts are not my thoughts and God’s ways are not my ways. I have come to the understanding that just because I can not make sense of it does not mean that God is not in Control!!!
Control means to have power of influence and direct people’s behavior or the course of events. I still believe that God is in CONTROL!!! Asking if God is in control is not the question, but the question is do I accept God’s control. Can I accept a circumstance that is hard or not what I wanted. Can I accept God thinking something for me that is not what I am thinking for Me. I am surrendered to the mindset that I will relinquish my control to God who is actually in Control.
As I trust God’s control I am believing that He is orchestrating this world in a way that will not bring me to Paradise in this temporal land but will bring me and Believers to that Eternal Relationship with Christ in The Heavenly Kingdom we are promised. God’s Control is about giving me what I want here but getting me to the place that My Hope is in.
If Romans 8:28 is true and all things work together for my good and if Colossians 1:27 is true and Christ in me the hope is of glory then the activities of this life are not about what I want but what God wants to get me to Eternity. So, the question Is God in Control is answered with a resounding YES !!!!! He is in Total Sovereign Control and I am required to Trust
I am embracing Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Lean not on your own understanding. Acknowledge Him in all your ways…..AND He will direct Your path !!!!!!!!! “
GOD IS IN CONTROL WE ARE CALLED TO TRUST