THINGS AREN’T ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM
I truly love a story to be shared today because it a clear
reflection of Romans 8:28, which declares, “And we know that all things work
together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according
to His purpose.” Sometimes, our greatest apparent catastrophes are
intervening miracles. It’s one of the most practical reasons I know for
eliminating worry from our daily lives.
God’s got our backs, appearances notwithstanding.
Whenever I arrive at what ‘feels’ like a low point, I ask myself a most
important question: ‘Has GOD ever
failed?’ After prayerful reflection, the answer is always a
resounding “NO!” And I am then transported (immediately) to a place of praise
and power. Try it; because it truly works!
As today’s story goes, two traveling angels stopped to
spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. That family was rather
rude and refused to allow the angels to stay in one of the mansion’s many guest
rooms. Instead, the angels were provided a very modest space in a cold
basement. As they made their beds on the hard floor, the older angel saw
a hole in the wall and repaired it forthwith. When the younger angel
asked why, the older angel replied, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”
The next night the angelic duo came to rest at the house of
a farmer and his wife, who were quite poor, but welcoming, warm and hospitable.
After sharing what little food they had, the couple insisted that the
angels sleep in their bed so they could have a good night’s rest. When
the sun rose the next morning, the angels found the farmer and his wife in
tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in
the pasture.
The younger angel was infuriated and asked the older angel
“How could you have let this happen!? The other man had everything, yet
you helped him,” the angel apprentice accused. “This family had so
little, but willing to share everything, and you let their cow die.”
“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angel
insisted. “When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there
was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so obsessed
with greed and unwilling to share his blessings, I sealed the wall so he
wouldn’t find it. Last night, as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angel
of death came for his wife. I gave him the cow instead. You see,
things aren’t always what they seem!”
Sometimes this is exactly the situation when things don’t
appear to turn out the way we think they should. If we have faith in God,
we learn to trust that every outcome in life is always to our advantage. We
might not know it until sometime later because “THINGS AREN’T ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM.”
– Author Unknown
Your word for today is simply this: DON’T WORRY. Our God, who cannot lie, declares “I will
supply all your need…according to My riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” (Philippians
4:19)
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