Monday, June 25, 2007

God On the Move

Jim:

1 Samuel 5:1-12
Interesting in this story is the fact that God is able to respond to human activity and to act accordingly. It is also amusing at just how powerless Dagon, god of the Philistines, was in the presence of the God of Israel. Not only was the idol knocked around, but it was defaced and disfigured as well. God is sovereign, not just because we say so, but because it is true. And woe to any who seek to prove otherwise!

Acts 5:12-26
Here is another story of God’s ability to respond to human activity. When the apostles are put into jail, an angel of the Lord leads them out during the night so that they may resume their teaching in the temple. Only now, instead of worshippers of foreign idols, it is the priests of Israel who find themselves on the “wrong side” in the debate. God has moved in a new direction and not all people are willing to accept that fact.

Luke 21:29-36
God will continue to act in human history because God has a plan and a design for the future. It may not be the way we would want it, and it may cause us discomfort, but God will draw all things to a close when God wills for it to happen. God remains on the move within human history, sovereign and glorious.

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