July 14, 2019 - God's Control

Great food for thought!! 

Excerpts from “God’s Control” by Chuck Swindoll

Honestly now, do you think God's control over us is total . . . or partial? Let's allow His Word to speak on this deep subject:

You have enclosed me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me. Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in Your book were all written the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them. (Psalm 139:5, 16)

Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker - an earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth! Will the clay say to the potter, "What are you doing?" (Isaiah 45:9)

There are more. Patiently, repeatedly, in a dozen different ways the Word makes the point. Accept it or not, God's calling the shots. He's running the show. Either He's in full control or He's off His throne. It's as foolish to say He's "almost sovereign" as it would be to say I'm "almost married" or Kennedy was "almost president" or the surgeon's gloves are "almost sterile."

If you're trying to grasp all the ramifications of this great truth - don't. You can't anyway. Feverishly toiling to unravel all the knots will result in endless hours of theological hairsplitting. The finite can never plumb the depths of the infinite - so don't waste your time trying.

It was a glorious day when I was liberated from the prison camp of fear - the fear of saying, "I don't understand the reasons why, but I accept God's hand in what has happened." It was a greater day when I realized that nobody expected me to have all the answers, least of all God! If I could figure it all out, I'd qualify as His adviser, and Scripture makes it clear He doesn't need my puny counsel. He wants my unreserved love, my unqualified devotion, my undaunted trust - not my unenlightened analysis of His ways.

One of the marks of spiritual maturity is the quiet confidence that God is in control, without the need to understand why He does what He does.