We all experience life’s detours—those unexpected twists and turns which
disappoint and frustrate us because they’ve disrupted our well-laid plans. When
the next one comes our way, let’s be careful how we respond. If the
disappointment turns into anger and bitterness, then we know we’ve clearly lost
sight of one of the central tenets of biblical Christianity—namely, that God is
sovereign. Of course this is not some kind of fatalism that gives us license to
rejoice in our failures or the sins that others commit against us. God’s
sovereignty doesn’t preclude the fact that sin is sin and worthy of our regret
and repentance. But it should keep us from wallowing in our hurt and becoming
disgruntled when circumstances beyond our control take us down an unforeseen
path that lands us in a place we didn’t want to go. In part because none of it
was “unforeseen” to the God who loves us, and more importantly, because the
“twists and turns”, we are told, are all a part of his wise plan to accomplish
with our lives something better than our well-laid plans ever could (Genesis
50:20; Romans 8:28; Psalm 119:71; Proverbs 19:21; Acts 2:23-24; etc.). So let’s
trust in our sovereign God and get over our disappointment quickly. He is
working out a plan that will glorify himself, and will be good for us in the
long run.
For more sermons and devotionals on Life's Detours, please go to the Focal Point Ministries website at www.focalpointministries.org.
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