The Lord knows all things, from beginning to end. He knows where our paths are going. He knows the end result of our actions. He knows if we're going to fall. He knows what will lead to utter destruction. When He knows we're on that path, and intervenes to stop us, that's the mercy of God. That's an example of His love. That's His compassion for His creation, even when we absolutely deserve the consequences for being short-sighted or even plain stubborn. I'm so glad we have a God like that, full of grace and forgiveness, who will not let His people fall headlong into the pit. He leads us back on track, as a father leads his son in the right direction. Sometimes His discipline hurts, but through it our eyes are opened and our faith is renewed.
How I wish sometimes we could go backwards, rewind the mistakes we've made, make the right decisions, erasing the heartaches of life. We cannot for some reason, and I believe it's for a purpose, cause I believe in a God of purpose. If I didn't, then all my belief would simply be in a cause-and-effect theory and what I learn in life would come to nothing at the end. All my growth and all my works would disappear into the grave. And that is truly a sad way to live, with no hope and no purpose. I believe in an 'open universe', meaning that God touches every part of our lives and directs them. Everything that happens has purpose and meaning, it's meant for our teaching and growth, and it touches many lives where it's directed. I think he planned it this way, to affect many lives in the process. The awesome thing that I've seen is that, even within those times of growth that seem to tear our world apart and one another, the God of Love restores what has been lost! He always heals our relationships, because He's a God of relationship. Our walk with Him is a relationship, and His desire is to have a relationship with His creation. His desire is always to reconcile us and make things right according to His perfect will and timing. He's also a God of great change and he's changed my own heart around and filled it with love that I can't comprehend. He can change and heal any relationship, any marriage, any impossible issue we're facing. With God, all things are possible.=)
A pastor said it perfectly one time: He said that when we're in those impossible situations, our first instinct is to ask God to just remove them! And yes, I've done that too! But that's when God wants to show His power through those impossible situations in our lives. He doesn't want us to run from them...He wants us to go through those situations with Him alongside us and take us through the fire and lead us to the other side safely. This reveals the power of God in our lives against the 'giants' we face, and allows us to overcome them and give the glory to God.
He alone reigns on high! =)
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