Is God for you? Is He on your side? Does He listen to you? Does He work stuff out on your behalf? Does He ever employ all His limitless power for your personal benefit? I mean, when it comes to having connections with people who can pull strings, He’s the top of the ladder. He’s holding all the strings. The question is, are you on His radar at all? Sometimes it can feel as though God is doing His own thing and you are doing your own thing and there’s not a whole lot of crossover. Sometimes it can even feel as though the very universe itself is against you. It’s not just that God is otherwise engaged, but He’s after you - on your case. Is that the way it is, or is God up to something else? Right before Jesus ascended into Heaven, He told His disciples He had all the authority in Heaven and earth. He said it was given to Him. That word we have translated ‘authority’ can mean power, right, jurisdiction, dominion or to be in charge. Put all those words in a blender and Jesus said He had it all. He is ultimately running the whole show. In John chapter 10, Jesus used that same word and told us what He would do with all that power and right to wield it. He said He had authority to lay His life down. That’s what happens when you hand Jesus the keys to control everything in the universe - He lays His life down. He died on purpose because He can. He died on purpose because of His love for you. Every calculated movement of His limitless authority was aimed at rescuing you.
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