Beneath the Surface #9
July 5, 2008 – 9:54 pm
2 Samuel 3-4
God always has a design, a Master plan. The process of achieving this plan is often th epoint where we lose sight of God’s working and intervention. Where we would expect a very quick and decisive act from God to do his finest we actually learn that his actions are usually a methodical plan that takes time and requires a series of events.
There are always people who attempt to ursup God’s plan. A flagrant disregard for a leader has nothing to do with the leader. It is really an effort to thwart the plans of God, although one would not understand this to be the intent of their actions in opposing a leader. This is the result of failing to view one’s actions and motivations from the heavenly, spiritual realities at play. There are good and evil forces warning against each other every moment and we are on one side or the other.
The road to God’s ultimate plan is not without a lot of casualties and gruesome battle. There is a sense where purging is necessary for God to rightfully rule as he should. This is true for moving a church forward, saving a nation or redeeming the world. The Enemy of God fights redemption and deliverance on every front. That is what we can expect if we treat seriously our mission to rise up. And the only thing we can do when we accept the challenge is to recognize our limitations and completely surrender what we cannot control, to the One who can.
"Life in Christ is not all ‘praise the Lord and pass the offering plate.’ This world is inundated with scary news and situations. Our only recourse amid the uncertainty is to hold fast to Jesus’ standard." (Max Lucado)
"…when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him." (Isaiah 59:19)
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