S) "8 Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt."
Genesis 45:8 (NASB)
O) Again, I think this all comes down to perspectives and giving credit where credit is due. they say, "hindsight is 20/20," and I think that's true. But, I don't think that negates our ability to look back and see the hand of God at work in our lives. Some may write it off, putting it under the same category as "self-fulfilling prophecy," but again, I think that's only a matter of perspective.
A) In my own life, I look back and see God at work in grace all over. From my childhood, through my teenage years, right on into adulthood, I see miracles big and small. Now, I could choose to rationalize some of them. I can simultaneously acknowledge that things were out of my hands, and also beneficial, and just chalk it up to good luck. Or rather, like Joseph, I can choose to give credit to The LORD and let that also build my faith and give me hope, choosing to believe He's at work in my life. Does my past difinitively "prove" He's real? Not necessarily. But choosing to believe, and choosing to accept my past as that proof, gives credit and direction. Either I am choosing to believe it's random, or I'm choosing to believe it's deliberate. Choosing the random leaves me grasping for hope and groping for superstitions. Choosing the deliberate lets me seek The One who deliberated.
P) Father, I am choosing to believe Your promises and Your Word, again. I will repeat my prayer, by deliberate choice and determination to believe it. Over and over, the Bible shows us Your faithfulness, power, mercy, provision... on and on the list of Your goodness goes. I don't want to miss any things You do, for the miracles they are. You are increasingly good, even beyond my ability to perceive or comprehend. So, I determine to try. I determine to search for Your goodness in everything around me. Not as some kind of superstition, and not in some esoteric or mystical way, but in a biblically defined, edifying way. In humility and reason, by determination and definition, I want to see the miraculous in my life. In Jesus's name I pray. Amen.
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