A Major Culprit

But Jesus, overhearing what was being spoken, *said to the synagogue official, “Do not be afraid any longer, only believe.” And He allowed no one to accompany Him, except Peter and James and John the brother of James. They *came to the house of the synagogue official; and He *saw a commotion, and people loudly weeping and wailing. And entering in, Jesus *said to them, “Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is asleep.” They began laughing at Him. But putting them all out, He *took along the child’s father and mother and His own companions, and *entered the room where the child was. Taking the child by the hand, Jesus spoke “Little girl, I say to you, get up! Immediately the girl got up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were completely astounded.“ Mark 5:36-42 NASB 

There are things that happen to us in life that we take credit for when they’re good, and if they’re not good, we blame ourselves, others, or the enemy or it’s minions,  Even though the hand of God is at work in our lives, we do not see it, are may even doubt it - But God is ever present with us even when He seems to be most conspicuously absent.

Maybe we need to learn what it means to surrender to God’s will, even when it’s hard. Really hard. It’s what gives us the opportunity to be more like Jesus, who embraced the change from being infinite as God to finite as man by having a humble countenance, even though He was the Son of God. imagine the love Jesus pours forth. 

Instead of asking the Lord to breath life in and through our circumstances, let us ask for the Lord to change us and the accept the refining, Trust that His kingdom is greater than anything we can fathom. Never fall into the trap of thinking that God is asleep or that He is sitting in heaven wringing His hands when He is looking at the problems we are going through or when He looks at the chaos in the world right now. 

What catches us by surprise never has the same effect on God, as He knows the end from the beginning. 

But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you. Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you. Who among all these does not know That the hand of the Lord has done this, In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?“ Job 12:7-10 NASB 

Just Think of it! The Lord knows every detail of what lies ahead – we can be confident our Heavenly Father has good intentions toward us in the midst of it – therefore our task becomes less about knowing the outcome and more about knowing Him. We need to figure out what it means to walk with our Lord through the haze of this world. To practice knowing and embracing His presence as we navigate difficult situations. We do this by staying close to Him, a morning of prayer with Holy Spirit and surrendering time from our daily schedules to Him. This is opening the Bible and reading and rereading His word for the truth. 

God knows everything beforehand and undertakes for us to fulfil His kingdom purposes, on earth as in heaven. When we are in a mindset of Faith, believing what God says, we adhere to His way— At other times, we may “know” God’s way is right, but we sometimes forget how absolutely real He is, magnificently holy, and yet He’s right here with us.

Consequently, we don’t take God’s warnings seriously. We may think that instant, gratification will make us “feel better”—and so we end up giving in to the wto g choice, But notice that a major culprit here is disbelief in our mighty Lord. If we really and truly believed God—being utterly convinced that He, Holy Spirit, was always right here with us—we would know better and act accordingly.