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THE PURPOSE-DRIVENŽ LIFE Daily Devotional September 10, 2004
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God of No Accidents
by John Fischer
We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed
and broken. 2 Corinthians 4:8 NLT
Tomorrow is a day in infamy that has now joined a handful of
other days where you can ask the question, "Where were you when you first
heard about." Depending on your age, you could insert JFK's or Martin Luther
King's assassination there, or Pearl Harbor, or perhaps the Challenger space
shuttle disaster. But most of us can remember exactly where we were and what
we were doing three years ago tomorrow, the day we know now simply as 9/11.
According to a message I received recently via E-mail, there are
a number of people who are grateful for what they were doing that day that
made them late for work. From stopping for donuts, or getting stuck in
traffic, or having a car that wouldn't start, to spending extra time with a
son's first day in kindergarten, or answering that last telephone call
instead of going out the door, every one of these people had a split-second
decision or an aggravation that kept them from being at work on time at the
World Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2001.
One man apparently was late to work because he stopped in at a
drug store to buy a Band-Aid for his foot, which was smarting over a new
pair of shoes. That is why he is alive today.
So now when you are stuck in traffic, miss an elevator, turn
back to answer a ringing telephone-all the little things that annoy
you-think about how this may be exactly where God wants you to be at this
very moment. It may even mean your life.
God is infinitely meticulous. He is aware of every detail of
our lives, and is even working out His will in the midst of them. From our
perspective, our lives are full of "accidents" and "coincidences." God has
no use for either of these words in His vocabulary.
So the next time your morning seems to be going wrong-you can't
find the car keys, or you hit every traffic light red-remember that God has
a plan that takes into account all these things. Every little detail, every
breath you take, is a part of God's knowledge about you today. It's all
about knowing and believing that there are bigger things at work in our
lives than what we can see. God's plans continue to go forward in spite of
the unthinkable. Someday we will discover all the events of our lives woven
into an intricate tapestry that brings nothing but glory to God.
Who knows what life's little aggravations (or even its big ones)
might mean for you today?
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