Saturday, June 13, 2020

06132020 God Works His Plans

Dear Missionary Lady,

Greetings in the name of the responsive God. There is no other god in the history of the world who responds to people. The false gods can't hear and see, can't act, and don't care, because they don't exist.

The true God is vastly different. Men have never heard or seen any evidence of another god like God. God actually responds to and interacts with His people. God plans and prepares and provides on behalf of His people. God delivers. He blesses. He rescues. He loves.

"For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him" (Isaiah 64:4).

God has always responded in these ways, coming to the aid of His people, even shaking the very earth in order to do so (vs. 1-3). God always will respond in these ways, until the culmination when He snatches us out of this broken world and takes us to a blissful eternity with Him.

So what are some ways that God has moved heaven and earth to respond to His people who waited on Him? Ways that God has worked out the mighty provision and plans that He intended? Here are a few.

Abraham and Sarah waited decades for a promised son. God worked against the laws of nature to give them that son.

Joseph waited on God during long decades of slavery and imprisonment. God raised him up and used him to rescue a nation.

After hundreds of years in slavery, Moses and the people of Israel witnessed the phenomenal deliverance of God, accompanied by devastating plagues like the world had never seen.

Hannah waited on God for a son, and God responded by giving her several children, including one who would be a great prophet.

Elijah waited on God through years of drought, sustained in the most unusual and demeaning ways. But then God worked His plan, sending fire from heaven and causing many to recognize Him.

Simeon waited for the Messiah. God worked the miracle of the virgin birth in the midst of all the right political situations to fulfill prophecy. He then brought that Messiah to Simeon before he died.

There are many, many more stories. The point is that God works on behalf of those who wait on Him. God has plans, and God works out those plans. He moves heaven and earth if He has to. He overrides the laws of nature. He manipulates governments. He reverses situations that seem impossible. He blesses beyond what we can imagine.

God loves you. He sees your faith and dependence. He has a plan for you. He is working to accomplish that plan. Sometimes, probably always, the ways in which He works out His plans would make our heads spin if we actually knew all the details. So keep waiting. Keep looking to Him. Keep expecting His response in accordance with His good plans.

Love in Christ,
Peggy Holt
member at Open Door Baptist Church in Lebanon, PA
www.pressingontohigherground.blogspot.com

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