Bible Study God is in control

[MrVersatile48]

From Selwyn Hughes @ http://www.crosswalk.com


August 13


God Is in Control
For reading & meditation - Isaiah 46:3-13

"... I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning ... My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please." (vv. 9-10)

Recognize that because you are finite you will never be able to fully understand the ways of God. It was a wonderful moment in my life when I was delivered from the torment of trying to figure out the reasons why God behaves the way He does.

I was reading the Scripture at the top of this page when these thoughts hit me like a bolt from the blue: God is in control of the world. Don't try to grasp all the ramifications of this truth; just accept it. I have never spent a single moment since in trying to figure out why God does what He does. I accept His sovereignty without question - and I am all the better for it.

"One of the marks of maturity," says Charles Swindoll, "is the quiet confidence that God is in control ... without the need to understand why He does what He does." "He does according to his will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, 'What doest thou?' " (Dan. 4:35, RSV).

There are, of course, many more Scriptures that make the same point - the Almighty is in charge. If you are in a turmoil of fear trying to figure out the reasons why God does what He does, then stop. You can't anyway. Feverishly trying to unravel all the knots can bring you to the edge of a nervous breakdown. The finite can never plumb the infinite. Face the fact that God's ways are unsearchable and unfathomable. Then you will start to live - really live.

Prayer:

My gracious Father, set me free today from the tyranny of trying to fathom the unfathomable. Quietly I breathe the calm and peace of Your sovereignty into my being. No longer will I struggle to understand: I shall just stand. Thank You, Father. Amen.

For Further Study

Isa. 55 and 40:28-31; Rom. 11:33; Job 11:7
1. What has God promised instead of thorns and briers?
2. How are God's ways different to ours?

 

[John the Baptist]

From Selwyn Hughes @ http://www.crosswalk.com


August 13


God Is in Control
For reading & meditation - Isaiah 46:3-13

"... I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning ... My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please." (vv. 9-10)

Recognize that because you are finite you will never be able to fully understand the ways of God. It was a wonderful moment in my life when I was delivered from the torment of trying to figure out the reasons why God behaves the way He does.

I was reading the Scripture at the top of this page when these thoughts hit me like a bolt from the blue: God is in control of the world. Don't try to grasp all the ramifications of this truth; just accept it. I have never spent a single moment since in trying to figure out why God does what He does. I accept His sovereignty without question - and I am all the better for it.

"One of the marks of maturity," says Charles Swindoll, "is the quiet confidence that God is in control ... without the need to understand why He does what He does." "He does according to his will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, 'What doest thou?' " (Dan. 4:35, RSV).

There are, of course, many more Scriptures that make the same point - the Almighty is in charge. If you are in a turmoil of fear trying to figure out the reasons why God does what He does, then stop. You can't anyway. Feverishly trying to unravel all the knots can bring you to the edge of a nervous breakdown. The finite can never plumb the infinite. Face the fact that God's ways are unsearchable and unfathomable. Then you will start to live - really live.

Prayer:

My gracious Father, set me free today from the tyranny of trying to fathom the unfathomable. Quietly I breathe the calm and peace of Your sovereignty into my being. No longer will I struggle to understand: I shall just stand. Thank You, Father. Amen.

For Further Study

Isa. 55 and 40:28-31; Rom. 11:33; Job 11:7
1. What has God promised instead of thorns and briers?
2. How are God's ways different to ours?

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Sounds like the trouble with, & in the world, is the 'Godheads control'??? But that is the 'problem' with canned, no free/will thinkers! Robots in mentality.

Come on, the content of the post as 'i' see it is that of Revelation 3:16-17's Sick Lukewarm ones. Let God do my required work! Most all seem to need no convincing that all they need to be is pew/warmers. This is D-E-A-D ON ARRIVAL STUFF! :roll: James 2:20

And Charles Swindoll? He best do some more reading! See Ezekiel 13:6 & Ezekiel 18:24. And that verse includes even the ministry of the spewed out ones of Rev. 3:16-17, as well as the gang of Revelation 17:5 :

And the ones of Ezekiel 9:6 who are seen in the K.J., described as.. 'the ancient men which were before the house', who are they?

---John

 

[Biblereader]

There's something about Chuck Swindoll I just don't trust.
What bible version does he use?
Any old version will do, or not?

His messages lack something.