God And Me

We begin today’s offering still holding fast to the stabilizing, sustaining, encouraging and up-holding words from yesterday’s receiving. We were assured that regardless of whoever we are, as we seek the provided, earthly way of help, we must by faith believe and know that God is in it fully. We were again reminded that God has never relinquished His Supreme Power to the world. He is Lord over the entire earth - everything and everyone in it - for He is LORD! 

We get a little more understanding of this, when we think of the king’s words to Joseph. You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you. Genesis 41: 40. Joseph, with all the authority and power given to him, was still very much subject to the king. O, my dear friends, believers and non-believers alike, hear me! If an ordinary human leader can speak this way about his throne, his empire, his kingdom, his rule, much more our Lord God, who created all the earth! God has not relinquished, abandoned nor given up His kingdom here on earth. Sovereign God is still Ruler, still Monarch and still King. He still sits on His Immortal Throne.

Believe this fact with your entire being, not doubting God’s Sovereignty, and Lordship in any way. Whatever your situation may be, O needy, anxious, sorrowing one, I say again to you. God is very much with you and is taking you through.

Let’s keep with the widow, as she is before that ungodly judge. 

Yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.  Luke 18: 5.

Prominently featured in this single verse are extreme ends in our life-positions. Will you contemplate and ponder on what is offered to you, in spiritual depth? This can only be meaningfully and sincerely done through the grace of our Lord Himself.

Lord Jesus, Spirit Divine, look down upon this seeking, needy soul of mine and grant me unhindered learning and unpretentious responses please. Amen! 

Poverty and power.  There is pure poverty on one end, as we are shown a widow of great need. On the other end, there is a judge, a man of power and authority.  

Weakness and wisdom. On one side of the scale, we see the judge, a man of wisdom, who conducts the business of the city and arbitrates for the people. Way on the extreme other side, is a widow who seeks the wisdom of the powerful one, to rule in her favour.

Docility and dominance. Way to the peak of the human chain, as it were, the dominant one can be observed. Indeed, the judge is the dominating one, as he sits on his judge’s seat, responsible for the affairs of the place and its people. Now, way down to the base, the lowest bottom, stands a most docile, submissive and humble one.

Where is God in all that we have been made to note? Where is each one of us in this scaling of facts?

We all need to clearly see these facts, inexcusably receive these truths and dutifully surrender to these realities. In relation to God: -

We are the ones in poverty and He is the One in Power.

“I know that”, I hear you saying; “We all know that”. Do you? Do I? Do we really know this? Daily, most of us pray to our Father in heaven, asking Him to, give us this day our daily bread. I agree that we are asking, because we are poor and in need and we have acknowledged that our Father in heaven has the power and provision to feed us, whether spiritually or physically. Alas however! Especially when it comes to spiritual bread, so often, too often perhaps, we rush off on our own understanding and human powers to get such bread on our own steam. Be not fooled! Many of us are switching our rightful positions.   

We are the ones in weakness and He is the One in Wisdom.  

“Of course we know that,” I can hear some retort, with subtle pride. “We know that our ways are not God’s ways and His thoughts are not ours.” Yet, in His wisdom He tells us to come to Him with all our cares and burdens and learn from Him. Alas, however! Many believers continue to fall, faint and fret under heavy burdens and yokes, when Jesus has said that His burden is light and His yoke is easy. Why are so many believers so heavily laden? Be not deceived! We, many of us, are distorting the wise counsel of the Lord.    

We are the ones in docility and He is the One in Dominance.

“Certainly, we know that,” you reply. “We know that all power and dominion belong to God and God alone.” Like Peter, we too say of God, To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever Amen. 1 Peter 5: 11. Alas, however!  Many a believer lives and gives counter evidence when, in speech and actions, we show that God must be humbled and acquiesce to our carnal wants and ways. Be not pharisaically minded! We, many of us, too frequently behave as though God is in our hands, instead of we, being in His Hands.

We pause for a big, full, long breath of spiritual threshing, so that all unwanted fluff and chaff may be forever blown away and we remain with solid faith.