I read this and thought to myself, everything that we go through, He is there and He knows about IT before even we know about IT, and He purposed IT. We never need to fear....
Isaiah 46:9-11 9 Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’ 11 Calling a bird of prey from the east, The man who executes My counsel, from a far country. Indeed I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it; I will also do it.
"And God has put all things under the authority of Christ,
and He gave Him this authority for the benefit of the
church." Ephesians 1:22
God has put all things, events, and circumstances under the authority of Christ! How vast, how numerous,how complicated are the various events and circumstances which attend the children of God here below, as they travel onward to their heavenly home! What an intricate maze they often seem, and how much they appear opposed to us,as if we never could get through them, or scarcely live under them!
Yet, there cannot be a single circumstance over which Jesus has not supreme control. Everything in providence and everything in grace are alike subject to His disposal.
There is not . . .
a trial,
a temptation,
an affliction of body or soul,
a loss,
a cross,
a painful bereavement,
a vexation,
a grief,
a disappointment,
a case, state, or condition,
which is not put under Jesus' authority!
He has sovereign, supreme disposal over all events and circumstances! As possessed of infinite knowledge, He sees them. As possessed of infinite wisdom, He can manage them. As possessed of infinite power, He can dispose and direct them for our good and His own glory! How much trouble and anxiety we would save ourselves, could we firmly believe, realize, and act on this! If we could see by the eye of faith that . . .
every foe and every fear,
every difficulty and perplexity,
every trying or painful circumstance,
every looked-for or unlooked-for event,
every source of anxiety, whether at present or in prospect, are all under His dominion, and at His sovereign disposal--what a load of anxiety and care would be taken off our shoulders!
"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me."
Matthew 28:18
by J. C. Philpot
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Trusting in our Father that His load is easy and His burden is light and that He does all things for our good and does not do them to hurt us but to bring us closer to Him. Trusting...only He can work it in us and He is faithful to do this good work in us. Phil 1:6! Thanks for the wonderful quote, Cristina!
A timely reminder for me as we are once again undergoing some legal "problems" here. Please pray, but as you say here, no need for me to fear.
Oh this was great! We need not fear! I love the verses you included.
I hope your daughter had a terrific birthday!
Thanks, Cristina. I needed that just now.
Mark
What a wonderful promise that God gives us in His Word many times that we should not fear. When we truly trust Christ with everything in our life then we have no need to fear.
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