Thoughts for another day

June 3, 2014.

Today's verse:  Acts 17:28. For in him we live, and move, and have our being; (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further.  Thanks)

Sometimes in our deepest anguish, we may find God far from us.  At this time, this question hovers constantly on our lips, ‘God, where are You?'  And we may not find any answer to our question which makes us feel God is not answering us at all.  But is that it, for a God who speaks to even the innermost recesses of our being, is He to be quiet at a time when we need Him most?  Surely not, I’d say for God has already spoken to us about His being with us and its there in His precious Word, the Bible.  He meant it for us to be His communication and it kindles our hearts to know that He is in His Word and He can make His Word come alive within us.

Today’s Scripture throws some light on how deeply God is ingrained within us, right within the core of our being when Paul, the man of God, writes and says, ‘In Him we live and move and have our being.’  Wonderful it is for us to know that we have our being in Him and in Him alone we live and move.  And this is only possible if God has tied Himself with us so intricately.  This leads me to remember what our Heavenly Father says: ‘Behold, I have graven you on the palms of my hands;’ – Is. 49:16.  Then again He says to His people, Hos. 11:4, ‘I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. To them I was like one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them.’  How then can we even think that God isn’t close to us?

Perhaps, it’s time to reflect on our relationship with God; to really cling to Him and get to know Him better.  There never is a time, when our God will be far from us, particularly when we’re in some kind of difficulty.  In fact, let me tell you that in those moments, He is just waiting for us to let go of whatever it is that is holding His power from working in us and when we get rid of that block, His amazing power floods into our lives and things start happening that we could not even have believed possible.  Take recourse to Him my friend in whatever situation you are and know that you live and move in Him and your being is in Him and surely He will guide you and give your rest.