The Big Picture

You and I are in a much bigger story here than we realize.  This is not how God intended the world.  I know there’s a lot of discussion out there about destiny and God’s sovereignty and the idea that “nothing happens outside of God’s will.”  And yes, God is indeed sovereign, and therefore nothing happens that is not at least permitted by God to happen.  But is it God’s will that the young girl was raped by her father, or that the husband of twenty years would just turn and walk out on his family, or that three thousand people would go to work one morning and not come home because of a terrorist attack?  If so, then what kind of God do we serve?

Jesus taught us to pray, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth…”  Why would He teach us to pray for a thing if it already existed?  By this alone, we can understand that while God is sovereign, His will is not yet accomplished.  He has so much more that He wants for His children.  This is not the life we were meant to live.

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