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Listen while you read: "All Hail The Power Of Jesus Name"1
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Recently I heard a Christian couple, Geoff and Sandra Moon, tell the story of how their two children were killed in a tragic car accident, how God had used their Christian testimony in the media, and how they had coped with their grief. Sandra said that she had come much closer to God through it all, and had developed a daily quiet time, in which, she said, she felt like she was sitting at Jesus' feet.
One of the things she said that struck me was that people had kept asking her why this had happened. But it had never crossed her mind to ask that. She quoted these verses:
Proverbs 3:5-6 – Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct your paths. (NKJV)
I had never associated this verse with our human tendency to ask "Why?" usually with an irritated or angry edge to it. I had often counselled people that God does have a plan, and that part of that plan is not to reveal the plan until afterwards, otherwise the effect of the plan would be ruined. I would compliment people who asked "Why?" because it revealed their trust that, in fact, God does have a reason for everything that He does. But I had never seen that verse in this light: to trust God means not to insist on understanding everything. In His good time, everything will become plain. In the meantime, we trust.
Prayer: Thank you, God, that we can know that, indeed, You do have a wonderful plan for our lives. Until it becomes clear, help us to trust Your wisdom and goodness, and not to insist on understanding Your plan first. Amen.
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Robin Ross <rross@telus.net>
Mission, British Columbia, Canada
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Hello Robin
How are you all doing? I stood on that scripture several times when Matthew’s health went and then when he passed away. It along with many other scriptures helped.
God bless.
Thank you, Robin, for this devotion, and all the others we can access. They initiate my daily quiet time. I think it would be quite overwhelming to have the answer to everything. We are blessed that God knows us completely and protects us from our own selves. Have a great weekend. I pray that they are able to get the forest fires under control.
We lost our daughter to cancer a little over a year ago and I relate to these who lost an adult child. Why was not my question to God but who was touched by her death. It helped that she herself shared that she did not curse the day cancer came to her, though with all of her heart she wanted to live to see her young children grow up, she praised him for using it to win people to Christ and help others grow closer. To her last breath she boasted Christ as her glorious God and Savior. My heart still hurts for loneliness for her. But as her favorite song says, Flowers Still Grow in the Valley.
Praise His name.
God Bless You.