God is not in control… :-o !!!

 

I won’t try to be original today. I read an article last week that I liked and want to share some of the lines with you. The title is: “Don’t worry, God is not in control.” I received it as a newsletter from one Scottish ministry that I follow, New Wine Church.

I feel like stopping here and letting you wonder what’s got into them and into me as well, for even repeating such a thing; but I will not let you mull over it. I just liked the article because it was in line with a book by Kenneth W. Hagin that I read last week, “Create the world you want to see” and also in line with one of my bedside books: “Commanding your morning” by Cindy Trimm.

The author wrote that God knows our needs and as the responsible Father that He is, has already made provision for them all (Mat 6:7-13, 25-34). However, our seeking and asking are the controlling factors in regards to what we receive from that provision. Hence the importance of faith which is: accepting, holding what the Bible says as true and behaving accordingly.

He went on saying that there is something about simplicity that seems to injure man’s pride and provokes him to formulate more and more complex and difficult to understand theological concepts that remove people from the everyday experience of the fullness of the provision of a Father for his children.

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Rom 3:23

The gift of God is life: abundant life, in quality and in quantity. Life is the gift and faith is how we live the life! If it’s not by faith then it’s not really living! We were created to live by faith - faith that asks, seeks, and knocks - faith that receives, finds, and opens (Mat 7.7-11).

Creation is submitted to us. We have dominion (Gen 1.26, Rom 8.19-21). If it is not working it is because we are out of alignment with our Supplier and so the provision isn’t getting through.

Imagine that you are given a key of a storehouse which contains the answer to everything you would ever possibly need: food, clothing, cars, houses, jobs, money, marriage, children etc. You have the key; so, it is up to you to determine whether and when you want to go in, what you want to take and in which quantity you want it. Faith is that key.

“Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble… Give us this day our daily bread...” (Mat 6:34, 11)

Let us seek the Kingdom! Let’s not worry; God is not in control and withholding His blessing from us. He loves us and has already made full provision for all of our needs. He is in sovereign charge - but not in control, because He has sovereignly chosen to give us control in regards to accessing that provision! The supply is controlled by our faith, which works through the understanding and the revelation of how much our Father loves us.

You can read the whole article here.

Take control of your week and God bless you.