many years ago I heard a sermon that changed my thoughts on God and has been what I have gone back to many times.
The title sums it up "God is in Control and He loves you" I wish I could break it into the points that were preached, but I just remember the idea so you will have to hear my mini sermon :)
The first point is so big, our God is big. He made the world, put the planets in orbit, and made the human body and all of it marvelous parts. Amazing all that He is; it is hard to wrap your mind around His majesty. But when you look at the Bible and past you see God's hand (finger prints) all over it. He is in control of everything!!
And just as important He Love me (& you). God gave His son for all of us. God created us to spent time with Him. He adores us and wants to have a relationship with us. He must love us.
I know may of you are like wow Jen this is not life changing (yet it is). We already heard this many times. Yes I have too but not together. God is on my side. He is not up in heaven thinking of ways to make me jump through hoops.
As a mom I love my daughter with all that I am and everything I can control to make her life fun, successful and positive I WILL do. No one can stop me from being her path maker. And we have God as our path maker. Now I am not able to stop everything bad from happening to my daughter but I will stand with her through every scrap and fall.
I go back to God is in control and He loves me more than I care to admit. I love remembering that God is on my side and no matter the circumstance.
In the years since the sermon was preached life has not been easy. I could spend paragraphs talking about what the past years have held; the good, the bad and the very ugly! But I have always gone back to this phrase. When life gave me lemons (sometimes old shrived ones) I have gone back to the fact that there must be a reason for this fruit. God has been there through my tears and I can see his hand in the past years. Because of this phrase I have taken time to see God in my circumstances and seeing His hand comforts me.
This sermon was preached by my hubby in a church we have since closed. Closing a church is not fun. It is a humbling, hurtful, and not for the faint of heart (church planting was easy compared to closing the church plant). I remember thinking WHY? Only now I see God's hand through that confusing time. He guided us to a new more powerful ministry that would not be where it is if we had not go through the closing of a church. Our ministry is to be with pastor's as they go through valleys in their ministry and unfortunately we needed to live in the valley to understand where they are. Now we are able to say God was in control in those valleys.
I pray you may find a way to see God is in control of your life and He wants the best for you.
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