Do you ever think about or wonder if God is around only when you
ask Him to be and steps away to leave you on your own at other times? Or, that
He only reacts after the fact; like He knows only after something happens? I’ve
wondered about this.
I believe that God is at work all the time doing his will
and doing it not only in the lives of believers but in non-believers lives as
well. What I’m saying is that everything that happens, happens within God’s
will.
So often we can’t understand why bad things happen; how can that be in
God’s will? I don’t believe things happen for our harm or that God wants to get
back at us for not shaping up into the character He wants, or for doing
something He didn’t like, or not doing something He wanted us to do.
All of our
lives’ stories have already been played out for God. In His for-knowledge of
our stories, I believe God makes, actually has already made, tweaks along our
paths to yield the best for each of us; How could that person just happen to be
there to give you food when you were so hungry, or give you a place to stay
when you had no where to go, or give you money when you most needed it? How did
that special person come into your life when he/she lives so far away? How come that book showed up in your life just when
you needed it? How do you explain when things happen that you think were
bad at the time but latter see how it was actually for your good?
Isaiah 25
New International Version (NIV)
Praise to the Lord
25 Lord,
you are my God;
I will exalt you and praise your name,
for in perfect faithfulness
you have done wonderful things,
things planned long ago.
2 You have made the city a heap of rubble,
the fortified town a ruin,
the foreigners’ stronghold a city no more;
it will never be rebuilt.
3 Therefore strong peoples will honor you;
cities of ruthless nations will revere you.
4 You have been a refuge for the poor,
a refuge for the needy in their distress,
a shelter from the storm
and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless
is like a storm driving against a wall
5 and like the heat of the desert.
You silence the uproar of foreigners;
as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,
so the song of the ruthless is stilled.
I will exalt you and praise your name,
for in perfect faithfulness
you have done wonderful things,
things planned long ago.
2 You have made the city a heap of rubble,
the fortified town a ruin,
the foreigners’ stronghold a city no more;
it will never be rebuilt.
3 Therefore strong peoples will honor you;
cities of ruthless nations will revere you.
4 You have been a refuge for the poor,
a refuge for the needy in their distress,
a shelter from the storm
and a shade from the heat.
For the breath of the ruthless
is like a storm driving against a wall
5 and like the heat of the desert.
You silence the uproar of foreigners;
as heat is reduced by the shadow of a cloud,
so the song of the ruthless is stilled.
6 On
this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare
a feast of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
the best of meats and the finest of wines.
7 On this mountain he will destroy
the shroud that enfolds all peoples,
the sheet that covers all nations;
8 he will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace
from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.
a feast of rich food for all peoples,
a banquet of aged wine—
the best of meats and the finest of wines.
7 On this mountain he will destroy
the shroud that enfolds all peoples,
the sheet that covers all nations;
8 he will swallow up death forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears
from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace
from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.
9 In
that day they will say,
“Surely this is our God;
we trusted in him, and he saved us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”
we trusted in him, and he saved us.
This is the Lord, we trusted in him;
let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation.”
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