And the Pretenders
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Who Are We To Say We Make Anything Happen?
God Makes Even the Moonlight
to Have Colour.
Numbers 11:23
The Lord said to Moses, ‘Is the Lord’s power limited? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not.’
Matthew 18:19
Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.
Words of Grace For Today
There is great power that we humans exercise. We make decisions and plans. Then we go about executing them.
Huge holes are dug and parks established in them. Mountains and plains are excavated for minerals, coal and gravel. Skyscrapers are built that reach high into the sky, standing against wind, rain, storm and most everything (but not airplanes crashed into them.)
All that we do makes us feel powerful.
Yet what we do, even if two or three gather in Jesus’ name to agree on what to ask God for, we are not the ones who do it. God is.
We fool ourselves when we think we do anything good that God has not made possible for us to do.
God is the doer.
We are the pretenders and sometimes even stewards, acknowledging that God is in control, and we ‘work’ on God’s behalf.
Were that it were always so … and more so.
Why not today?