God Of The Wave

Everybody wants to be boss, or so it seems.  Personally, I prefer to be pointed in the right direction and told what to do!  I’ve found [in general] its’s less stressful but not always as easy as it sounds.  There’s a fundamental giving-up of sovereignty, which is contrary to our nature.  One Bible hero whose life was completely out of his own control was Joseph; he must have surely wondered how betrayal, slavery, rape charges and imprisonment came to him!  Joseph’s end-story words reflect a sound Godly principle: “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present.” (Genesis 50:20).  God’s ultimate control over the circumstances of our lives is never suspect: “We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.” (Romans 8:28).  When we come to love God as we should – with all heart, soul, mind – then we learn to love our circumstances no matter what they are.  Love my circumstances – you’re kidding, right?  You see, God is The God of our circumstances, and nothing threatens that!  Spurgeon said, “I’ve learned to kiss the wave that throws me against the Rock of Ages.” I’ve “kissed” a few ocean waves in my life and ended up upside down and spitting sand.  That just won’t happen when we love and devote ourselves to The God of life’s waves.  Do your circumstances seem dire, hopeless or beyond an imaginative good end?  Remember Joseph who never lost sight of The Sovereign God!  Let us learn to kiss the wave.