This whole health care issue our country is experiencing may be upsetting to some of us but don't think for a minute God didn't already know what was going to happen. He created this world. He knew us before we were born. He even knew our names. He knows our thoughts before we think them and the words before we say them. So He already knew that there would be a president whose name He also knew. He knew this man would bring this to pass.
God also knows the outcome. We don't. So shouldn't we be trusting in Him during this time? Knowing that we have a God who will take care of His people is some comfort. We don't understand how He will do it. We no doubt will go through difficult times and wonder how this can be happening, but we are to trust in Him with all our heart and soul.
He knows the beginning from the end (Isaiah 46:10); therefore, He knows just how much time is left for us on this earth. He knows the number of our days (Job 1:21). He knows when He will send His son to return to bring peace once again and be victorious over evil (Matthew 24:36). As Christians who follow after God, who profess Jesus as Savior and believe in the power of the Holy Spirit, we know how the "rest of the story" ends...we win.
Even in our death we are victorious (1 Corinthians 15:54). We are promised comfort in times of trouble (Psalm 9:9). We are promised provision (Philippians 4:19). Now those mean different things to different people. I'm suggesting God gives us just what we need when we need it, nothing more. He gives us what He knows we need.
If God could keep the sandals in good condition on the feet of Israel for 40 years and every evening provide them with manna from heaven and they survived, He can do the same today. It's all about trust.
Israel experienced some difficult times because of their disobedience toward God. They got lazy; they turned to their own desires; they turned their backs on God. Sounds a bit like much of the world today. But He always received them back because He loved them so much. They were His people.
Our country has always done some great things for the needy in this world. We've been looked up to. Look where we came from. The people who came here wanted religious freedom. Eventually it was the idea of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." When did we stop pursuing happiness and start expecting it given to us? When did we lose the freedom to worship God?
We've had a work ethic that has given us the ability and freedom to give to others. That has sadly been pushed aside because of greediness and the will to control. It has sent our country into a downward spiral. Only God knows what lies ahead for us.
We have a president who is apologizing for our country. What's that all about? We have a government that wants to tell us what we must eat, what kind of car to drive, give up our hard earned dollars and give to people who aren't even citizens of this country or those who choose not to work because they know they can get a handout. They want to tell us how long we can live. Give me a break. That doesn't sound like freedom to me.
The United States has always supported Israel. Now we are poking a stick into "the apple of God's eye." God knew this would happen as well. There is a tangled web in this world that God has control of. One incident is related to another. In one way Israel is in rebellion against God for not believing way back when that Jesus was their Messiah. He knew this would happen. There is a last days incident which will show Israel without any doubt that He has saved them from total destruction...they will see and know in an instant this man called Jesus.
As far as our turning our backs on Israel, we are turning our backs on God when we do this. Genesis 12:3 tells us that God "will bless those who bless Israel, and will curse him who curses them..." How does that look for us, I wonder? Just suppose...could it be we are being punished (cursed) for our lack of support to Israel (among other things)? Just suppose... God is a God of love, but He also, out of His anger, will judge.
God knows the beginning from the end...in all things...in our small lives and in this whole vast universe. He hangs the stars in the sky and knows them all by name (Isaiah 40:26). What's happening in our country today may be part of His infinite plan. It could be part of His plan to turn us back to Him. Only when we are in the midst of crisis and beginning to lose all hope, we get on our knees and call out to God for mercy and help, just like Israel did time after time. And time after time we are told He heard their cries. We might just see some miracles take place. One might be a people finally willing to turn their eyes on the One who created, sustained and brings hope. The (spiritually) blind will see and the (spiritually) deaf will hear.
Psalm 121 - I will lift up my eyes to the hills--from whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore.
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