We’re gonna finish up 2 Samuel Chapter 2 today…
But before I do, there’s one attribute I LOVE about God I wanna share.
What am I talking about?
I’m talking about how God uses the will of men to bring about His Will, even though they have no idea what’s happening.
When we read about the exploits of David and other characters in Scripture, it doesn’t say “The Lord did this” or “The Lord did that.”
Instead, we see people making decisions that seem to be completely on their own, aimed at satisfying their selfish objectives.
Yet as things unfold, we can see the Almighty working behind the scenes, using men’s choices to move His plan forward, without them realizing it.
We see this happening in the Scriptures back from the Book of Genesis.
A perfect example is when the Lord used Pharaoh’s stubborn heart to free his people, Israel, even though Pharaoh was dead set against doing God’s Will.
When you look back on your life, I’m sure you can recall times when God’s providence was definitely at work.
What He was doing may have been invisible at the time…
But in hindsight, you’re blown away at how our Father in Heaven can manipulate countless variables and decisions of men to bring about His perfect Will.
It’s quite amazing if you think about it.
That’s why I don’t worry about the backstabbing schemes of other men who may be against me…
Because I know that as long as I’m in the Lord’s Will, their plans will in due time backfire.
See ya all next time.
NEXT TIME WE BEGIN 2 SAMUEL CHAPTER THREE
Amen Amen.
I agree that God more often than not uses people to carry out his plan, and most of the time we can’t even see what is happening until we look back at it.
On the other hand, even though God is always in control, that doesn’t mean he will always take control- he will sometimes leave us to deal with our own choices.
There are cases we read about in the Bible when God took control (like with Jonah, for example), and there are cases where God didn’t take control and just let things happen, but we don’t read about those times because those people didn’t make it into the Bible.
I sometimes wonder how many prophets we’ve never heard about because they never acted as God had wanted, so he gave the job to someone else, who we do read about.
The one thing to remember is that God rains on the just and the unjust, alike (Mathew 5:45), which means that even the righteous may be collateral damage when God drops the hammer. That doesn’t mean God won’t or can’t protect us against those who want to hurt us, it just means that we need to always stay focused on eternity, and remain faithful even when bad things do happen to us.
The bottom line is not so much what happens during our lifetime, but where we will be for eternity.
Good points.
When times are tough in the present, it can be hard to focus on eternity. But that is what we’re supposed to do.