Living Confidently in a Chaotic World

As we begin a new week, I pause to ask this question….What does it take to live CONFIDENTLY in a CHAOTIC WORLD.

As I mentioned in my last writing, I am now comfortably re-established at home with my list of “honey-do’s” well within reach of completion; therefore, I would like to embark on a 5-part series that I hope will help us answer the question I posed above.

If you are like so many of the people in this world, it is hard some days to put your feet on the floor to get out of bed…I mean, why bother with the state of world affairs. And unfortunately, this same attitude seems to be held by many of us who call ourselves Christians.

For the next few days, I want us to search the Scriptures and hear from our Heavenly Father as to how we can live confidently in these chaotic days.


First and foremost, we can live confidently for GOD IS IN CONTROL.

In Genesis 1:1-3a, 4a, 6a, we read, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and darkness was over the surface of the deep and Spirit of God was hovering above the waters. AND GOD SAID, Let there be light……AND GOD SAID, let there be an expanse….AND GOD SAID, Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky….”

God was in CONTROL and He spoke EVERYTHING into existence….GOD SAID IT …and IT WAS SO!!!!!!!!

The entirety of God’s Word tells us in no uncertain terms that God is in control. It speaks with great authority concerning God’s omniscience and his omnipresence and it tells us time and time again that nothing in this world happens without the Father’s knowledge….that fact alone should bring us solace in times of distress.

However, though God is in control, He must also be IN CHARGE if He is to produce a calm spirit when we stand on the precipice of being swallowed up in the chaos of a sinful world. Since the beginning of time our great, awesome and all-powerful God has never forced His will on us; rather He has waited for us to invite him into our lives and he has patiently courted us to give him our hearts.

Jesus said it best in Luke 9:23, “Then he said to them all, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”

Do you want to know that the creator of the universe is in control and that NOTHING that happens in your life is beyond His control…then, YOU MUST SURRENDER YOUR WILL TO HIM….and YOU MUST SEEK TO MAKE HIS WILL, YOURS!!!

It’s really just that simple…..Let God be in control because He is in charge in your life.

Do it today and your will experience a peace you have never known….
FOR WHEN GOD IS FOR US…WHO CAN POSSIBLY STAND AGAINST US?


Surrendering to Him…One Moment at a Time,
WPQ


Thought for the Day:

If the trials of life should weigh you down
And your burdens seem too great to bear.
Just carry them to your Father’s throne
And prayerfully leave them there.

For God is always on your side,
In Him, you will find rest.
When you seek to do the Father’s will…
By Him, you will be blest.

Nov. 2010