Power Of Circumstances

Key Scripture:  "In the Messiah, in Christ, God leads us from place to place in one perpetual victory parade."  2 Corinthians 2:14  The Message

Power Point:

           DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND MY CONTROL...

Have you ever heard that phrase?  Usually what people mean when they say that is that they can't help what is about to happen next; that they are going to renege on what they have promised, the bottom is just about to fall out and you just have to deal with it!

The interesting thing about Abraham and Sarah is that even though the circumstances in their lives were obviously beyond their control, they were not beyond God's control. There was so much "dead" in their lives when you really examine them; so many "impossibles" that there was no way their dreams of a family was going to come to pass. But God.

God didn't look at their circumstances and say, "Gosh, I wish I could help! But due to circumstances beyond my control, I can't" He didn't say, "Well it looks as though your dreams of having children are d-e-a-d and buried!" Or "Just be happy with what you've got!  This is the best I can do."

NO!  Beloved, there are no circumstances beyond God's control, or beyond His loving kindness. He helps. He heals. He comforts. He is all powerful. He is working, right now, in this moment, to bring your dreams to pass. In Romans 4:17, He says, "(I am), the God who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they were." That means that circumstances are never so dead that they can't be resurrected.  He's actually quite good at that.  It means that, according to Colossians 1:17, "...all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe-people and things, animals and atoms-get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of Jesus."  (adapted from the Message).

Remember WHO your God is, and the dreams He has for you. "The lines of purpose in your lives never grow slack, tightly tied as they are to your future in heaven, kept taut by hope." 

In other words, "Circumstances may be out of your control, they may be out of their control but they are never out of His control." 

Now that's a GOOD Word!

Power Thought:

 Every single thing in your life is a "good"  thing on the way! Don't give up!  Don't give out! And don't give in! He's got it under control.