Author: Anna
I wonder, would I stand up to an Ahab? Will I tell the truth about God to an unbelieving people? Can I continue to live out God values and commandments in a post-christian culture?
Poor Peter had been living in the matrix effect of his memory; stuck in the repeating script of his failure, but here Jesus was, overwriting his most painful moment with a rich and wonderful new one.
We long for heaven but we remember that God alone appoints our coming and our going. Our days are laid out purposefully in His planner. He has a divine schedule that we aren’t typically privy to.
It’s hard for some to believe that God delights in us, but I’ve been a parent long enough to be convinced of this truth. I delight in my kids. I enjoy their presence, their personality, their affection, their interests, their accomplishments, their perspective. Even when they are being ugly, I’m able to remember who they truly are.
Moses and Jesus alike have compassion on the provoked. And eventually, the beleaguered became the Bride.
The psalmist points out the ongoing faithfulness and affection of our God. I think about the Israelites and the way we know God blew apart the waters on their behalf, but I also recall that God ‘remembered’ Noah and his family in the flood. Additionally, He ‘remembered’ Joseph in prison. Not that our heavenly Father ever misplaces us or goes on without us, but it seems at the appointed time, He remembers. He steps in and miracles happen.
I read it in a book once, how some Christians in China leave an empty chair at the center of their home, representing the presence of the King in their lives. It’s so difficult to keep His sovereignty in perspective, I wonder if this wouldn’t be a helpful practice for all believers. The Unseen One has supreme authority in His story. Our lives are only brief lines and stanzas in the saga He’s penning.