REMEMBER GOD

“HE CAUSES HIS SUN TO RISE ON THE EVIL AND ON THE GOOD, AND SENDS THE RAIN ON THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS” MATTHEW 5:45

Blessings and trials come unannounced; each new day will bring one or the other or both. The test of character is how we handle the blessings and trails which befall us.

There is a great danger of accusing God of being unfair when we are faced with trails; there is also, perhaps an even greater danger of forgetting God once we are snug within His blessings.

To blame God during trials is to forget His character; to forget that He is loving and just and righteous. The darkness of trials can blind us to His compassion; the wails of our own inner sorrow can deafen us until we no longer hear His many promises to keep and defend us.

As recipients of God’s blessings we so easily and quickly forget that He is the source of our good fortune. We are so quick to take credit; attributing our “luck” or our perseverance or our hard word and diligence; foolish man you cannot even take your next breath without His permission. Who is it that has equipped you to do what you have done? Who is it who teaches you what you need to know? Who has given you the gifting and the where-with-all to do what you do? Did you create yourself? Did you place yourself in your mother’s womb? As an infant, as a child, did you have say in where you lived and what you learned and the life that influenced you? No! Even as a man, the Word reminds us that we “WE MAKE OUR PLANS, BUT HE DIRECTS OUR STEPS”.

So abundant is the mercy and love and grace of our God; He never lets go of us. “HE CAUSES HIS SUN TO RISE ON THE EVIL AND ON THE GOOD, AND SENDS THE RAIN ON THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE UNRIGHTEOUS” Each day either blessings or trials will come our way; each day we have opportunity to bring Glory to the name of God by how we handle each. Amen!