Good Morning “In The Sovereignty of God”. Today we are in Acts 12.
God is sovereign… what does that mean? He is in control of all things. All means all and that’s all all means (Acts 10:36; Colossians 1:17-18)! He's even numbered our days, and ordered their content (Psalm 139:16). NOTHING (except that which He ordains) can touch us, hold us, or take us until those days are up (Job 2:3; Romans 8:38-39; Luke 12:25)
In today’s chapter persecution of the early church continues and now King Herod is getting in on it (Acts 12:2-3).
Stephen had already been stoned, now James was the first of the Apostles to be martyred. Why didn't God protect them? They were doing His work. Perhaps to display their courage to the rest of the followers? Perhaps to make sure the rest knew the cost? Perhaps to testify to the Truth of Jesus - people typically don't die for what they know to be a lie. But… they will go to their grave for The Truth! Or perhaps as in Stephens case, to display the goodness and love of Jesus through them.
Remember Stephen glowing with the face of an Angel, praying out loud for God to forgive his killers even as they stoned him? Im not sure that depth of love and Faith can be displayed any other way - but in death. Jesus told them in this life they would have trouble. Jesus told them men would come to kill them because of their message. Now it's happening.
But what of Peter? Spoiler alert, God intervenes and Peter is freed miraculously. Why? Perhaps God wanted His followers to be reminded that He is still in control. Both the deaths of the others and the saving of Peter were within His control!
We’ll never understand ALL of Gods plan (Isaiah 55:8-9; Isaiah 40:13; Romans 11:33). But what is more scary: To acknowledge that He is so immense, His ways are not our ways, and we will never fully understand Him? Or…to believe God doesn't do things we deem bad - which suggests there are things out of His control? If He's not in control who is? That's horrifying! God IS in ABSOLUTE control! THATS The Truth of Scripture.
He IS STILL in control of it all, no matter how crazy it seems to us. True faith is demonstrated as we trust regardless of our inability to figure it all out.
Love you all! Dig in and live it out!
God is sovereign… what does that mean? He is in control of all things. All means all and that’s all all means (Acts 10:36; Colossians 1:17-18)! He's even numbered our days, and ordered their content (Psalm 139:16). NOTHING (except that which He ordains) can touch us, hold us, or take us until those days are up (Job 2:3; Romans 8:38-39; Luke 12:25)
In today’s chapter persecution of the early church continues and now King Herod is getting in on it (Acts 12:2-3).
Stephen had already been stoned, now James was the first of the Apostles to be martyred. Why didn't God protect them? They were doing His work. Perhaps to display their courage to the rest of the followers? Perhaps to make sure the rest knew the cost? Perhaps to testify to the Truth of Jesus - people typically don't die for what they know to be a lie. But… they will go to their grave for The Truth! Or perhaps as in Stephens case, to display the goodness and love of Jesus through them.
Remember Stephen glowing with the face of an Angel, praying out loud for God to forgive his killers even as they stoned him? Im not sure that depth of love and Faith can be displayed any other way - but in death. Jesus told them in this life they would have trouble. Jesus told them men would come to kill them because of their message. Now it's happening.
But what of Peter? Spoiler alert, God intervenes and Peter is freed miraculously. Why? Perhaps God wanted His followers to be reminded that He is still in control. Both the deaths of the others and the saving of Peter were within His control!
We’ll never understand ALL of Gods plan (Isaiah 55:8-9; Isaiah 40:13; Romans 11:33). But what is more scary: To acknowledge that He is so immense, His ways are not our ways, and we will never fully understand Him? Or…to believe God doesn't do things we deem bad - which suggests there are things out of His control? If He's not in control who is? That's horrifying! God IS in ABSOLUTE control! THATS The Truth of Scripture.
He IS STILL in control of it all, no matter how crazy it seems to us. True faith is demonstrated as we trust regardless of our inability to figure it all out.
Love you all! Dig in and live it out!
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