God IS in Charge?

What do we mean when we say, “God is in charge?” Do we actually believe what we say or do we just partially believe it? Why do we say it if we don’t fully believe it? Conditioning? Delusion? Hope?

We say it for three different reasons – to make others feel better, to make ourselves feel better and because we actually mean it. The first two seem to me to be placations or little white lies. Colossians 3:9 can be used here. Let’s look a little more closely at these little or huge white lies then the truth.

First we tell our hurting friends that God is in charge and that He has a plan for us in our sorrow. We pat them on the back and bear false witness to them. We tell them He is going to be good to them then we go home and say to our husbands – if that woman had not made that choice this would not have happened. We just took the will of God away from Him and gave it to her. He is not in charge she is!

The next time we say it we are saying it to ourselves when we are not getting our own way. “Well, God is in charge so maybe He has a better plan for me!” Then we proceed to drop that God ordained plan from our mind after some little obstacle side-tracked us then make a decision to go in our own direction without consulting God. In our own mind God is not really in charge we are! I chose to do God’s will. I chose to believe in God. I choose to do what I want! I am choosing God but understand it is still my choice! We skip right over John 15:16 like it wasn’t there.

I will put to you that the Scriptures scream God is in charge all of the time and of everything! He planned out our life from before time began. He knew us before we were even in our mother’s womb! He is all knowing and all encompassing. He knows what we will say before we say it. He knows what we will pray before we pray it! He knows all this because He created us to be who we are and what we are and where we are so that we will do His will for us not the other way around. GOD IS IN CHARGE whether we like it or not and whether we believe it or not!

Action Plan: Take this week to research in the Bible (not on the web) who is actually in charge – us or God! Then get the answer into your mind so that when you actually say ‘God IS in charge’ you mean it!