Acts 17:24-28
24"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. 25And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. 26From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. 27God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring.'
God is in control. He is the author and perfecter of our faith. He is the creator of life. He is all powerful, holy, just, righteous, everywhere all the time, He is God. Yet as it says in verse 27 he is not far from each one of us. Man that is awesome and comforting and convicting all at the same time. To know that God is not far from us that He is with us and longs for us to draw closer to Him is an amazing promise. God will take care of us and the Bible says He will meet all of our needs. Not only is He not far but verse 28 says that in Him we live and move and have our being. God gives us each breath we take and each step me make. Without Him life would cease to exist and become meaningless. God is so amazing and yet so I often I question Him or doubt Him or just plain take Him for granted. Why? Why when I see that He is in control, why when I believe that He meets all of my needs, why when I know that He can see the beginning from the end? I must like Proverbs 3:5-6 says trust in Him with all my heart and I must not lean on my own understanding and in all my ways acknowledge Him and then allow Him to direct my every path of life.
Father today help me to trust you and to allow you to show me the steps you want me to take. Help me be quick to praise you and give you thanks for everything.
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