“…I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.” Isaiah 6:1
Goodbye March! I’m glad to see you go and I will try to recall you fondly, but it will be difficult. You gave me sweet days with my sister-in-law and brother-in-law early in your month. You gave teases of sunny days that would be our constant enjoyment in the month that follows. You provided a day where family and friends enjoyed a shower for my baby celebrating her upcoming June wedding. But just as I was lulled into a pleasurable March you came down with a hammer…unexpectedly… unsettling…unbelievably. You upended every part of my peaceful life and gave me constant gaze at the decline of every freedom known. But this morning standing firmly on the first day of April, I look at you in the rear-view mirror and claim that you are the fool! The joke is on you! Because just above your circumstances, there is a spiritual view of Heaven where all things are perfect with a God who planned on everything you threw at us!
Come with me this first day of April and lift your eyes to the clouds. If you watch closely you will see them pulled back displaying a King! It is not a king who has rehearsed his lines and is waiting on cue from the actors who are angels. No, this King is real with complete sovereignty over every detail of this world. Sovereignty…what a powerful word for a powerful Creator. ‘Sovereignty is the term the Bible uses to describe God’s perfect control and management of the universe. He preserves and governs every element. He is continually involved with all created things, directing them to act in a way that fulfills his divine purpose.’ Anxiety for Nothing, Max Lucado, p. 22.
God’s perfect control…governing every element…directing all things to act in His plan. Sometimes God calms our fears not by removing our problems but by revealing His divine power and presence. When we cannot fix our circumstances, we can certainly entrust them back to the One who governs them. With April upon us, let us lift our eyes above the chaos of this world and trade our worries for our worship. And if we are tempted to look back down, may we only look for a second to comprehend just how high we really are in Christ. Fill your mind and thoughts with the certainty of God’s power to bring all things under His control for our good.
Welcome to April!
“…upholding all things by the word of His power…” Hebrews 1:3
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