…also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will,
Ephesians 1:11 (NASB95)
How big and how in control is God? Is there anything that occurs apart from His knowledge? His wisdom? His purpose?
The very thought causes my heart to race. The implications of the obvious answer cause my mind to race to the four corners of the earth! After all, God certainly causes the good things in life to happen (James 1:17). But His disciples were amazed that He even controlled the wind which ceased at His command (Mark 4:41). In these twin truths of God’s sovereignty over both good and bad we find security. God works everything according to His plan. But does He?
God works all things according to plan…His plan…for His glory.
True rest and genuine security are faithfully grounded in the firm reliance on the truth that God is never surprised. He is never overwhelmed. Not even an earthquake, or a pop-up storm, or cancer, or tragic incident of civil unrest exceeds His knowledge or ability. In fact, the Scripture says that each of these things are part of the all things that God uses to bring about His predetermined end of our Salvation and Sanctification according to the counsel of His own will/purpose.
So, what will you face today that God is not Lord over?
What will you face that He is unaware of or overwhelmed by?
What will you face that exceeds his purpose and that He will not use to bring about your inheritance?
Nothing! He works all things according to His purpose.
The position of faith and the foundation of peace is driving our anchor of faith deeply into the ground of this truth and then lashing our lives to it as we praise God for working the all things of this day in such a way that He brings about His good purpose which includes our inheritance in Him…having conformed us to the image of His Son so that His Son would be preeminent in all creation (Romans 8:29; Colossians 1:18).
Father, train my wandering heart to trust in your providence and rest in You today…not in circumstance, comfort, or condition, but You. Amen.
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