God is NOT in control…

God is not in control! In fact, often we hear things like “God is sovereign”  meaning HE either made it happen or allowed it to happen. This is not the case! the word sovereign actually means: being above all others in character, importance, excellence, etc… and another dictionary defines it as: supreme in rank or authority. So don’t get me wrong GOD IS SOVEREIGN it just might mean something different from you may have heard.

We are in complete control of our lives, it’s called free will, though we will be judged by a sovereign God according to the decisions that we make during this life time. I’m not saying some situations that we encounter God had nothing to do with, (Acts 17:25-27) I am not an expert in the ways God may or may not work, nor will I pretend to be. What I DO know is you are in the EXACT place and time God wants you to be in. The question is how are you planning your day?

In Mark 5:21-34 we see a story about Jesus on his way to heal a dead girl, his day was planned, he had an agenda, yet while he was on his way to the girl, a woman who had been suffering for years thought “If I can just touch his clothes I will be healed.” She was NOT on Jesus’ agenda but he WAS on hers. As Jesus was preaching one afternoon in a home, a few men dug a hole in the roof where Jesus was teaching and lowered their friend down to Jesus’ feet (Mark 2:1-5). Again, this was not on Jesus’ agenda, but HE was all those men needed and wanted, he was their whole day. Just a bit later as Jesus was walking through the streets talking with the people (Luke 19:1-6) when a short man climbed a tree to make the most of the “small” opportunity he had been given (despite his circumstances). He too was able to change the agenda of a sovereign Lord. Even while Jesus was having diner, carrying along with his guests, he still made time for someone who’s day revolved around the opportunity to be close to him; how could he not notice her as she poured perfume on him and cleaned his feet with her tears (Luke 7:36-38).

What is on your agenda today, or for that matter WHO is your agenda today?  Acts 17:26-27 says “from one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us”… God IS a sovereign father, but come on, how many things have you done that your “earthly” father didn’t approve of or allow. It’s unfair to blame God for the messes, the suffering, and the challenges that have been thrown on us in life, in fact some of which we have put ourselves through by the choices we have made. Life is an occasion let’s rise to it! We have been given the EXACT place and time to live, like this young basketball player, let’s do something with this place and time that brings people to tears, get’s them excited, and turns this world upside down!

Aaron Mullins

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