“Whatever you are facing, adverse or delightful, your life is all about God . . . His will . . . His way.”

A thought by Charles R. Swindall, from his book, What if…God Has Other Plans?: Finding Hope When Life Throws You the Unexpected (p. 39). Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)

This is so important to see in this time and situation that we are living!

Charles says, “Over these many years in ministry that the Lord has granted me, one of my great goals has been to proclaim this all-important truth: God is in charge. He is over everything. He is sovereign. He rules graciously and powerfully from heaven in perfect wisdom, love, and grace (see Psalm 11).

“Whatever you are facing, adverse or delightful, your life is all about God . . . His will . . . His way.”

He goes on, “But we easily lose our theological moorings when we insist on living horizontally. When we do, the winds of adversity eventually cause us to drift from what we truly believe. How much better to choose a response of faith that submits to God’s sovereign will, yielding to His gracious purposes in both giving and taking away those things and people we hold dear.

“After all, that’s His sovereign right. God doesn’t exist to make us healthy and happy. He exists to glorify His name. We are the channel through which that glory flows.”

He later says, “The life of faith is not what you purchase or produce. Faith consists in knowing your heavenly Father is at work for His glory and for your good, to mold you into the image of His Son, Jesus. That’s what life is about! If it takes the loss of everything to gain that vertical perspective, then embrace the loss. If it takes your broken dreams and an abandonment of what you had counted on all your life to realign your life vertically, then abandon it. It is all about God, who gives and takes away.

“During his extended grief, Job realized that the most important thing in life exists in the supernatural, not the natural—in the invisible, not the visible. That’s the power of biblical theology. It keeps us thinking rightly about God and ourselves, especially in times of trouble.”

He then says, “Real living is eternal living. Real perspective is an understanding of what isn’t seen. Real maturity is guiding one’s life according to the intangibles.”

God wants to use what we are going through in a greater way than we can imagine.  Would you put your trust, your expectations, your life in His hands?  Would you? 

Yes, yes!