God is in control, if you want him to be.
Ephesians 1:9-10.
He made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment - to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.
The Father knows the begining through the end. He created his plan outside the bounds of what we know as time and this verse says he did all this according to his "good pleasure."
In addition, this verse tells us that there will be a time when His plan will be fulfilled. When heaven and earth are reconciled under "one head."
It goes right along with how Jesus taught us to pray "your Kingdom come, your will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven."
To me that means that he is working every day, every moment to bring this world under his authority, "one head." But then I think to myself, that means there are aspects of this world that are under someone else's authority, the enemy.
So while it is nice to think "God is in control" perhaps he is not always in control? It's obvious that in his plan he allows us to go astray and perhaps be under the enemy's control only to ultimately bring us closer to him.
I think that is a sobering thought that sparks all kinds of other thoughts. I think of words like "your name is a strong tower" and the imagery that in order to have safety in the strong tower you must consiously run inside. So currently in this world, God is in control of the people who willingly seek him. But those who consiously walk away from him can find themselves in the belly of a whale.
So God is in control, if you want him to be.
He made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment - to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.
The Father knows the begining through the end. He created his plan outside the bounds of what we know as time and this verse says he did all this according to his "good pleasure."
In addition, this verse tells us that there will be a time when His plan will be fulfilled. When heaven and earth are reconciled under "one head."
It goes right along with how Jesus taught us to pray "your Kingdom come, your will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven."
To me that means that he is working every day, every moment to bring this world under his authority, "one head." But then I think to myself, that means there are aspects of this world that are under someone else's authority, the enemy.
So while it is nice to think "God is in control" perhaps he is not always in control? It's obvious that in his plan he allows us to go astray and perhaps be under the enemy's control only to ultimately bring us closer to him.
I think that is a sobering thought that sparks all kinds of other thoughts. I think of words like "your name is a strong tower" and the imagery that in order to have safety in the strong tower you must consiously run inside. So currently in this world, God is in control of the people who willingly seek him. But those who consiously walk away from him can find themselves in the belly of a whale.
So God is in control, if you want him to be.
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