Our God Who Surprises Us

                There are times in our lives when we encounter things and situations that just do not make sense.  We may try to replay things over and over in our minds, but in the end we just can’t figure somethings out on our own not matter how hard we try to.  We do try to figure things out though.

                We try to figure God out and just when we think we know what He is up to HE surprises us with something completely unexpected.  Not that He lies to us or deceives us in anyway. Sometimes we try to keep God in a tiny, neat little box, but the truth is we can’t keep Him in a box.  He is God and all things are possible with Him.

                There is nothing our God can’t do.  He is all powerful.  He is all knowing.  He is ever present.  There is nowhere on the planet, solar system, or the universe that we can go and escape His presence.  He is an Awesome God. 

                The Lord loves us more than our minds can comprehend.  We are familiar with the verses of Scripture that talk about God’s love for us.  John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, so that whoever believes on Him will not perish, but will have eternal life.”  Romans 5:8 says, “But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

                What a Great God we have and serve.  God loved us so much that He sent His One and Only Son, Jesus, to come to earth and live a perfect sinless life.  Jesus went obediently to the cross and laid down His life for our sins.  He took the punishment for my sins and yours that we so rightly deserve.  What a Savior our Jesus is. 

                We come to Him by faith and we trust in His grace.  We can’t earn our forgiveness.  There is no way we can ever earn our way into heaven.  There is no way that we can ever be good enough to enter in on our own merit.  Jesus paid it all on the cross.  He shed His blood for us.

                We may walk through life on our own for a period of time and think we have everything figured out, but then out of the blue we realize that there is something missing in our lives.  We may not know what that is at first.  There are many people walking around today with that feeling that something is missing in their lives.  They may try to fill that void with drugs, alcohol, or sexual sin, but they soon find out that doesn’t fill the empty void in their hearts.  Those things can actually make it worse.

                The thing that is missing is a relationship with the Creator of the universe.  The Lord loves each of us and He wants to have a personal relationship with each of us and that is only available through Jesus Christ.  Jesus says of Himself in John 14:6, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.”  We must come to the Father through Jesus Christ the Son.

                We come to the Lord in faith and we live for Him by faith.  We can’t do anything in our own power.  We need Him to empower us to do what He wants us to do.  We must be led by the Holy Spirit who dwells within every person who has received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.   The Lord will equip us to do those things that He has called us to do.  We may not think we can do them and the truth is we probably can’t on our own, but the Lord will do it through us by His Spirit all we have to do is be obedient to Him.  He may want us to get up in front of people and speak to them about Jesus and testify about His goodness.  He may want us to help a neighbor in need.  He may want us to write a blog so we can encourage fellow Christians around the world.  Whatever the Lord wants to do through us we must give Him the glory and praise for it.  It is not about us and our abilities.  It is about Him.

                He is the One who is worthy of our love, our praise, and worship.  I love you Lord.  Thank You for being a God full of surprises.

Lord,
We Praise Your name.
Bless us and draw us near to You.
In Jesus name,
Amen.