Sunday, November 24, 2013
Someone Is In Charge
Today I awoke to a fluffy white blanket covering the ground and clinging to the few remaining leaves on the trees. As I gaze at it now through my window, small flakes and larger clusters of the cotton like snow float to the ground from the tree tops above when an occasional breeze breaks them free. The view makes me think of a several things. I am smiling as one of the first is I wonder what it is like in the Southwest this morning where it is warm. Then I also am thinking of just how peaceful it all looks. And it is also a constant reminder to me that someone is in charge. That someone is God.
Growing up I loved this time of year. As a middle aged adult I was often upset and complained about the cold and the snow. As I move into my more mature years, I have come to realize that our God is always at work. I know this because the scriptures say He holds everything together He holds everything together, as stated in Paul’s letter to the Colossians.
Colossians 1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Sometimes I just forget. I forget that God is holding everything together. I forget that without Him nothing happens or exists. And if I can get myself to rely on this fact, when I remember that, then I know that He is there for me. As the psalmist says, we only wait on Him, for Him to move in His time, to set things right in our behalf.
Psalms 123:A Song of degrees.
1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
We lift our eyes to God. Just as a servant waits to see what the one that they serve wants them to do next, or to see the power the one they serve has to go about the business of the day, so we wait and watch for our God. We seek His mercy, and we wait patiently as we can for Him to show forth that mercy. There will be those that will shake their heads at those of us that believe, and will laugh at us behind our backs or to our face. Yet we will wait, and pray to God to send His mercy and judge between us, because He is at work. We only need to look around us at the wonder of the creation to see that the Creator has not forgotten us, nor will He turn His back upon us. In this we take comfort.
Prayer
Father, we praise You on this yet another amazing day. Thank You Father that You have something in store for Your people. Thank You that You never leave us in the dust, but rather raise us out of the dust and grant us deliverance from the troubles in our lives. Today we ask You come to our aid quickly, and help Your people, that all may know You alone are the One True God. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.