Your Life is in God's Hands

8/24/2011

John 1:43 (NIV) says,
"The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, 'Follow me.'"
While I was reading this verse for the third time, I was thinking about if Jesus knew who to talk to to be his disciple, before he talked to them, if that makes sense?
Like where he is supposed to go and why did he go to Galilee? ... Then I thought about how later in the Gospel it talks about Jesus asking God if he really has to go through what was planned for him (dying on the cross).
So since he was born, he knew his life, he knew everything God had planned for him, his 12 disciples, all of the people he healed, everything wasn't picked randomly!! Jesus picked those people for a reason, he went and looked for them, he knew where they would be! Our life isn't picked randomly either, we aren't where we are for just any reason, we don't know the people we know just because we happen to have run into them one day or anything... God put those people into our lives for a purpose, so don't miss the chance to talk to them, to love them, to care for them! God knows what he has planned for us, nothing is coincidence.

John 1:50-51 (NIV) says,
"Jesus said, 'You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You shall see greater things than that.' He said then added, 'I tell you the truth, you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.'"I love this verse also because it shows what WE will also see! Jesus' 12 disciples were people just like you and me. And if he's telling just any man that he will see THE ANGELS OF GOD, we will too!!!! God has SO MUCH to show us!!! He has no secrets.... All he wants is to pour out his love and glory and let us do the same to other people.

And to throw in some Psalms......

Psalm 66:8-9 (NIV) says,
"Praise our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard; he has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping."I LOVE THAT!!!!! God has preserved our lives.... He has kept our feet from slipping... He catches us when we fall and he saves us from our death (living in complete sin, which is death). Believe that!!!! Praise HIM for that!!! :-) With out our Lord watching over us, where would we be? Lost, confused.... Living in death. Who wants that?

 And let your praise to Him be heard :-)

And to close this up, NEVER FEAR! GOD IS HERE! ;-D