Chaos?

Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Chaos? Have you ever had moments in your life when you really started to think everything was just pure chaos? In those times, you couldn’t see a pattern or a purpose – all you could see were random events that were so insane and horrible that there couldn’t possibly be an explanation for it all. And if you’ll be honest, there may have been moments in the midst of that when you may have questioned where God was through it all. I’ve been there, and God was there.
You may look at the news each day in the time in which we live and think the world is falling into utter chaos as well. With the uprisings all across the middle east, mass protests in our own American cities, a virtual killing field to our southern border due to the drug war, debates being waged over simple moral issues that used to be taken for granted, and politicians getting fat off our hard earned incomes while our nation sinks deeper and deeper in debt to foreign nations – one might wonder how on earth God could be working through all this. God is here.
We see so much suffering around us. We see disease all around this world, so much of which is preventable with the right resources. We see so much famine and hunger it’s heartbreaking. The reality of war in so many nations has driven the people of those nations to starvation and poverty. Earthquakes and natural disasters have destroyed everything some have worked for, with entire cities being leveled in events lasting only a matter of seconds. It’s hard to understand how God could be in control. But God is here.
The human mind may see chaos, and there are so many that look at today’s events and try to blame God. But let’s be honest: the reason our world is in such a mess most definitely must be laid at the feet of mankind. We are so far from God’s law and ways that so many of these things were bound to happen with time. And it is with the reality of man’s worsening depravity that we could throw up our hands in panic thinking all is lost. But there He is – God – and He’s here.
Throughout history, God has been in the Driver’s seat of events. That doesn’t mean He’s caused them all, but He has used them all to steer our world in the direction of what will ultimately culminate in His divine will and plan. Even the chaotic events of our own, personal lives that we can’t begin to understand are under His faithful watch-care. These events aren’t all good – but He’s working them for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28).
And ultimately, the events of the world that are increasingly chaotic are all part of a series of events that will bring us to that glorious moment when those of us who know Him will hear a faint sound in the distance. Before we can even realize it’s a trumpet, we’ll be gone and in His presence. Then the world will begin a period of 7 years that will literally be hell on earth. The events to follow the 7 years of Tribulation are written about in various books of the Bible, especially Revelation. Long story made short: God is in control, and I’ve never been any happier about anything in my life.
So take hope in this reality: your life isn’t chaos; the world isn’t in chaos; the future isn’t dark and dreary. God is here, and He’s in control. He has a plan, and the events we see before us and behind us are all being steered in the direction of that plan. And one, glorious day, God the Father will look to His right at His Son, our Jesus, and say the words all creation has been groaning for since the days of creation: “Go get my kids, Son.” Are you ready?



That’s just a thought, and I welcome yours.
Until next time,
blake

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