The following is an UPDATED reprint of this
series....
As we revisit this series published a few years ago, let me
once again ask this question….
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO
LIVE CONFIDENTLY IN A CHAOTIC WORLD?
Can this really be done or is this an impossible task that
is a foolhardy misadventure at best? Let's
examine....
As I mentioned in yesterday's opening salvo, we are in a
battle where FEAR is our enemy...and due to the circumstances that surrounds us
during our global fight with this corona pandemic, it is easy, perhaps as some
may feel, even mandatory to be fearful
and afraid that it will win. Many so-called "experts" and news
journalist are sensationalizing their reports so that people stay glued to
their TV and computer screens for the next round of "catastrophic"
reports. My answer to this type of reporting is to try and balance bad news
with some good news; therefore, I would like to embark on a 5-part series that
I hope will help us answer the questions I posed above.
If you are like so many of the people in the world these
days, it is hard to put your feet on the floor and get out of bed…I mean, why
bother with the state of world during this global pandemic. 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….”
Scripture makes no bones about it...GOD WAS (and still is)
IN CONTROL!!!! 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 our Heavenly 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 within us 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.” Jesus told us
that if we want our lives to have meaning so that we might live in accordance
with His will, then we must surrender our will to His, take up HIS cross (do
for Him what He has ordained for us to do) and follow Him where HE leads, not
necessarily where we would want to go. And more than that .... THIS MUST BE OUR
DAILY PRACTICE...For when it comes to surrender, NONE of us do that well nor
often!!!
If 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. If you will just do that today, 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
Poem 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.
Just seek to follow where He will
lead
And be not led astray;
For nothing can defeat you
When you let your Father have His
way.
For God is always on your side,
In Him, you will find rest.
When you seek to do the Father’s
will…
With His peace, you will be
blest!
WPQ © Nov. 2010
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