In All Things
October 28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him…
Romans 8:28
Angel had already been frustrated before she’d locked the keys in her car last night. The fact that it had been raining only served to exacerbate the situation. Her day had begun in what could have been seen as a foreboding way when seemingly random accidents occurred at the poultry plant she managed. It had ended with the spilling of a tub of waste-material creating a large mess on the service floor.
And now, while getting ready to go out for the evening, she’d unconsciously hit the door lock while exiting the vehicle. Why was everything going wrong? By the time John had gotten the car unlocked it was too late to go. And in the mean time, the car had used a quarter tank of gas. She’d gone to bed totally discouraged.
This morning, however, shed a different light on last night’s misfortune. John decided to check the fluid levels on the car before Angel left for work this morning. What he found made them both grateful for last night’s adversity. For when John checked the brake system’s master-cylinder he found it empty of fluid. Had Angel driven the car the night before her brakes would have failed. On rain-soaked roads brake failure could have led to a horrific crash.
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World and Christian views usually differ in light of such a frustrating day. To the World this series of events appears as a string of unfortunate mishaps that ended in a coincidence, but is that accurate? Not if you believe God is in control of our lives. Christians believe that God orchestrates many circumstances that lead to us being spared something terrible or harder to deal with. Sometimes though, it’s hard to remember God may be looking out for us when the whole day seems like a disaster. Not all inconveniences are interventions on God’s part; sometimes we just have a bad day.
With today’s text in mind, we might just want to step back and say, “Thank You Jesus, for caring enough to save me from something worse.”
Prayer
“Give me faith to believe You would set events in motion that would avert danger in my life, Lord Jesus. Amen.”
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