Friday, September 27, 2002
Friday, September 27, 2002
Now in subjecting all things to them, God left nothing outside their control. As it
is, we do not yet see everything in subjection to them, but we do see Jesus, who for a little
while was made lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because of the
suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
Thomas Carlyle once wrote: "Does the minnow understand the oceantides and periodic
currents, the trade winds and monsoons and moon's eclipses, by all of which the condition of
its little creek is regulated, and may, from time to time, be quite overset and reversed? Such a
minnow is man; his creek, this planet earth; his ocean, the immeasurable all; his monsoons
and periodic currents, the mysterious course of providence."
(Hebrews 2.8-9
NRSV)
There are areas of our life beyond our control and this is good. We simply cannot ever hope to
have enough knowledge or enough wisdom to perfectly determine our lives. As someone has
wisely said, "If God would concede me His omnipotence for twenty-four hours, you would see
how many changes I would make in the world. But if He gave me his wisdom too. I would leave
things as they are."
Lord Jesus, thank you for being in control and for claiming victory over death on my behalf.
Amen.
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