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Wednesday... There are so many amazing happenings.


Wednesday... There are so many amazing happenings.

Life is such an amazing journey with God. Psalm 135:5-6 (NKJV) says, "For I know that the Lord is great, and the Lord is above all gods. Whatever the Lord pleases He does, in heaven and earth, in the seas and in all the deeps." It is amazing what He can do and does. But we don't always know that it is Him at work.

Peter over in the book of Acts in the NT 12:5 says, "Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church." Now we pray. That is what we do when we worship a God who is great and who can do whatever pleases Him. Yes we pray, yes we connect with our God but when something happens we may wonder.

Ok, Peter was in prison. Verse 7 (NLT) says, "Suddenly. there was a bright light in the cell, and an angel of the Lord stood before Peter." And he struck him, he woke him up and told him to get up. "And the chains fell off his wrists." and the angel told him to get dressed and he did and he then told him to follow him. Now that was an amazing experience. But was it real or just a dream?

Verse 9 (NKJV) says, "So he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision." Now God is great and He can do whatever He wants to so we pray but Peter "thought he was seeing a vision." Now that could have been true. God can do that to encourage us when we are going through impossible situations. He knows what we need but. 

Verse 11 says, "And when Peter had come to himself, he said, 'Now I know for certainty that the Lord has sent His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.'" Now that is the God we serve. He can and will do amazing things.

God is working in our life if we have put our trust in Him. Yes, He will give us words  of encouragement, visions, but He will also do what we are asking Him to do. He is an amazing God. Just believe it. Just trust him. He knows what is best for us. He has a plan. 

By the way, when we pray, we need to pray with expectation and not be surprised when it happens. Remember, "For I know that the Lord is great, and the Lord is above all gods. Whatever the Lord pleases He does." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 

 

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