Surprises? What's in Store?

 

 SURPRISES ?

  

Good events and bad occur all the time. Some things turn out better  after an unfortunate start. Some persons cannot get a break,while for others, nothing seems to go wrong. 

While things seem random at times, many consider chance to be the main factor, many others choose their opportunities with reason and science, knowing that what you believe shapes your life.

Of course, some even choose combinations or mash-ups of causal factors. However there is a smaller cohort of people who wonder what is in store for the follower of Christ? Belief systems are ways of  shaping,determining your present and future. Good and bad and everything between.

Life can throw all kinds of  events our way. But with God, what surprises can we expect along the way?

 

   A KEY BIBLE VERSE: Suddenly the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him as a flame of fire in a bush. (Exodus 3:2) 

God may choose to make himself known to us in unexpected ways. 

 God spoke to Moses from an unexpected source: a burning bush. When Moses saw it, he went to investigate. God may use unexpected sources when communicating to us too, whether people, thoughts or experiences. Be willing to investigate and be open to God’s surprises.

 A  KEY BIBLE VERSE: He complained to the Lord about it: “This is exactly what I thought you’d do, Lord, when I was there in my own country and you first told me to come here. That’s why I ran away to Tarshish. For I knew you were a gracious God, merciful, slow to get angry and full of kindness; I knew how easily you could cancel your plans for destroying these people.” (Jonah 4:2) 

We are delighted when others surprise us with their response to God. 

 Jonah revealed the reason for his reluctance to go to Nineveh (Jonah 1:3). He didn’t want the Ninevites forgiven; he wanted them destroyed. Jonah did not understand that the God of Israel was also the God of the whole world. Are you surprised when some unlikely person turns to God? Is it possible that your view is as narrow as Jonah’s? We must not forget that in reality, we do not deserve to be forgiven by God.

 A  KEY BIBLE VERSE: That is what is meant by the Scriptures which say that no mere man has ever seen, heard, or even imagined what wonderful things God has ready for those who love the Lord. But we know about these things because God has sent his Spirit to tell us, and his Spirit searches out and shows us all of God’s deepest secrets. (1 Corinthians 2:9-10) 

We cannot imagine all that God has in store for us in this life or eternity. 

 He will create a new heaven and a new earth (Isaiah 65:17; Revelation 21:1), and we will live with him forever. Until then, his Holy Spirit comforts and guides us. Knowing the wonderful and eternal future that awaits us gives us hope and courage to press on in this life, to endure hardship, and to avoid giving in to temptation. This world is not all there is. There are many surprises ahead. The best is yet to come. 

 

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