The Wonders of the Acts of God

UV 1052/10,000 The Wonders of the Acts of God

Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.

Habakuk 1 v 5

When we look around among our midst, in our circumstances and among the nations of the world, we will be able to discern the hand of God working wonderfully, putting down some and raising some. This is an amazing promise to the believers that the Lord will do a work in our lives that would be unbelievable even by us if told to us today. The Lord God is the God of the future as much as He is of the past and the present. He choses to reveal now just what is needed by us to know and understand. There are many incredible secrets that He withholds from us. But He would act in accordance with His promise in due time. An answer delayed is not a prayer denied.

While we are up and about doing what we need to do, the Lord is working unseen in the background. He guarantees that in the end He will make all things beautiful, even the sordid, the sad, the painful, the regretful, the disappointing parts of our lives. As a master craftsman and artist, the Lord knows how to turn all that into an awesome mosaic reflecting His glory. Nothing is wasted or in vain once we believe in sharp contrast to the refrain of the philosopher in the book of Ecclesiastes that “ all is in vain, a chasing of the wind”. The Lord blew down on the Red Sea causing it to part to create a safe passage for the escaping Jewish nation. He then withdrew His breath and the same waters drowned the pursuing Egyptian cavalry.

But we need to hold on to our faith and be observant for the Lord will break out suddenly in our circumstances. Often He does not give us advance notice of what He is about to do. As parents we like to see the incredible expressions of joy mingled with surprise and love on the faces of our little ones when we give them a present. The Lord also apparently enjoys giving His precious children a pleasant surprise from time to time. The Lord does His wonderful works in our lives but in the midst of unbelievers so that it will be a open testimony among the nations and diverse people. The principles of leadership and management that we can draw from the concept implicit in this uni-verse are :a) that we should be prepared always for marvelous surprises that the Lord will do in our lives. b) that we should expect the Lord to do amazing things in our midst. c) that we should remember with thanksgiving and sincere praise the marvelous things He has wrought already in our lives. The practical steps we should adopt as part of our daily walk are : 1. From time to time during the day remember the amazing things the Lord has done for Israel 2. From time to time every day remember the amazing deeds He has executed in our lives so far and praise the Lord 3. Expect and believe God is about to do something amazing in the areas we are facing challenges even today. Thank Him in anticipation. 4. Turn these steps into a lifelong habit of appreciation and worship of God who marvellously participates in our lives and does not remain an aloof bystander.
Prateep V Philip