GOD'S GOT IT

Each of us turns a corner or comes over a horizon to be hit with distraction; even severe troubles at times.  In each occasion, we need the reminder that God's got it.  He does.

This thought goes over well when commenting in Sunday morning Bible class.  We are all in.  Need provision?  God's got it.  Need deliverance?  God's got it.  He can do anything.  Count us in.

And, these Sunday morning comments are true.  A confusion arises when Monday and Tuesday mornings encounter stressful circumstances which cause our Sunday affirmations to wither in doubt.

Here's what the Word insists.  In every circumstance, God's got us covered.  He puts the confidence in us to regard nothing as coming from us; but sufficiency coming from His Spirit (Cor. 3:4-5).  In heaviest of threat, our Lord knows full-well what, how, when, where, and why His perfect timing will bless.

We have every reason to live in His confidence.  From the cross to the empty grave, Jesus experienced the ultimate crisis....and now lives forever.  Troubles?  We are advantaged by watching for God to provide.  Celebrations?  We are once again positioned to honor Him for He supplies the moment.

This doesn't mean we never shed tears.  We may weep with those who weep.  It does mean we do not melt when days or wishes are obstructed by surprise disappointment. God's got it.  He knew how to handle the torture of His innocent Son on the Cross and He knows how to handle our skirmishes with frustration; both with people and with routine.

We must shift a significant thought.  We seem to believe we deserve better.  For some reason believers have developed an expectation of FREE SPACE when it comes to troubling upset.  We beg immunity.  For these folks, to say God's got it adds to the frustration because we just don't want disturbance hanging around.  Further, it is rationalized, if we didn't have these conflicts in the first place there would be no reason for God to step in.

That is not reality.  We may be hit.  We may suffer.  We may encounter stark betrayal. But we are allowed to never flinch.  God's got it.  Some of our brightest testimonies come from those who could have ample reason to whine and complain.  Yet, their faith in God is so strong that even during intense duress they believe God's got it.

Not one thing will go on in our walk today that does not include the potential of God being glorified in either the actions or at least the results.  We don't have it.  That's why God's got it.