Symphony

I love watching those segments on America's Funniest Home Videos where people get scared. You know, the guy jumping out of a trashcan, or popping up at a window wearing a Scream mask, or hiding in a locker waiting to shock the unknowing passerby.

Life is full of surprises - typically not the jump-out-of-a-dumpster kind or the there's-a-cat-in-your-mailbox kind; just the usual unexpected situations or events that sneak up on you daily. A pop quiz, or a phone call from a long lost friend, or some questionable medical test results; the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Even though I like watching people get surprised, I've never been a huge fan of the unexpected.
But one thing that brings me peace in these times of discomfort and not knowing what lays ahead for me?

The fact that God has never been surprised.

Not once.

"I am the one who creates the light and makes the darkness. I am the one who sends good times and bad times. I, the Lord, am the one who does these things." - Isaiah 45:7

No struggle will come your way apart from His purpose and permission.

Chance and luck are eliminated.

He superintends every circumstance in our lives and delights in doing us good.

God, the author of Creation, knows all and designs all. Not one leaf falls without His permission. That time your car didn't start? Yeah, He knew. That text that just made your day? Yeah, He wrote that into your story.

God wrote our symphony - now we're just following the chords.

Wow. Drink it in. Drink deeply from His Lordship.

Nothing comes your way that has not first passed through the filter of His love.

Nothing comes to me that hasn't passed through you.

God's ways are always right, even if they don't make sense to us. We may be thrown into some difficult, or uncomfortable, or painful situations, but they are right.

"And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called to His purpose for them." - Romans 8:28

You make all things work together for my good.

Don't fear the unknown. Don't avoid the blind spots. God has authored every single word of your story.

Trust Him. Let the Lord of all reign in you today.