Two nights ago my family watched “Kung Fu Panda.” If you have not seen this movie, go rent it, pop some popcorn and sit down as a family – it is GREAT! In the movie there is a wise old turtle, who keeps repeating throughout the movie, “There are no accidents.” This is a powerful thought, and one that I am agreeing with more and more as I continue to study scripture.
My understanding of the concept of “there are no accidents” stems from my deep belief in the sovereignty of God. The sovereignty of God is simply defined as God’s supreme authority of rule; complete independence and self-government. In other words, God is absolutely in control and has the right to do whatever He wants to whomever He wants whenever He wants. God is in control, and we are not!
When I first started contemplating sovereignty it was bitter in my mouth. It made me feel out of control and helpless. The more that I have studied sovereignty the more that I have realized that I am indeed out of control and helpless; but that it is good! It is good because it means that there are no accidents. It means that everything that happens in my life happens for a reason – because God allowed it!! It means that I do not have to fret that the disappointments and pain that I have experienced (that we have all experienced) are just happenstance of a broken world. No, they are a part of the divine plan of a sovereign God!
Now here is where faith comes in – the only way that God’s sovereignty does not lead to my bitterness is when I trust that His plan is good! There is nothing that I can do to resist or thwart His plan – For who resists His will (Romans 9:19b). But why would I want to resist something that I know is good, that I know is the best, that I know will bring me the greatest delight? You see if I have faith that His plan is always the best and that it is always for my good then His sovereignty becomes a refreshing breeze over my soul. If I have faith in His goodness and love for me then His sovereignty is the hand of a loving father who guides me with wisdom and grace along the path that He has marked out for me!
Lord please help me to delight in your sovereignty today! Help me to remember that no matter the difficulties of my life they are according to your plan and that your plan is good! Thank you my Lord for not allowing me to be in control of my life!
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3 comments:
Good word baby!!!!
What a peaceful thought to know that good things as well as trials and tribulations are and should be a praise in our lives! thanks for making me think.
Greg
Hello Dear Pastor Khris,
Thanks for sharing about the movie. I would agree, there are no accidents. "Our" brain recognizes accidents-sometimes quite quickly. We can shout to the sky this is not supposed to happen-this is an accident . . . or grab our head in suprise-why did this happen! But sometimes in the immediate fog of those accidental happenings we immediately see the sovereignty of God . . .and sometimes it may take months or years . . . and when you look back . . . you see that God uses these thought-to-be-accidents, no matter what they are, to season us with a depth that can only come from Him and these experiences. Bless you Pastor and bless your loving heart and humility. Thank you for ministering to us!
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