2047 The Mystery of God

There’s something divine happening that you simply cannot see. Something bigger than you and beyond your current circumstances. Here’s exactly what is happening, and it’s happening RIGHT NOW: God is taking every intended harm against you, and he’s turning it around with the intention of using it for good. That’s absolutely guaranteed. Certain. No doubt about it. God is taking every intended harm against you, and he’s turning it around with the intention of using it for good! Can you believe that? You have an enemy in this life – a despiser of your soul – a schemer of your demise. The powers of Hell are against you and their intentions for you are to kill you, steal from you and destroy you. That’s Hell’s plan. Satan has actively sent his demons to roam this earth and ruin your days. That’s truth. But never, ever forget this – God sits high upon his throne with his eye on you. Yes, you. God sees you. He has never once taken his gaze away from you. He sees everything that has ever happened to you and he says HE CAN FULFILL HIS INTENTIONS OF GOOD FOR YOU AND THROUGH YOU. Nothing the enemy has done to you has cancelled God’s good plans for you. At the end of Joseph’s life, his brothers come to him in fear of retaliation for their sin against him. For 22 years they had caused him such extreme hardship, and it was no accident. They intended him harm. They meant to destroy him. But their intended harm was not beyond the power of God to turn it around and use it for good. And this is what Joseph knew – He knew the mysteries of God were unfolding on his hardest days and sweetest days alike. He knew God could be trusted. He knew God is faithful. He knew God’s good plans could not be cancelled by the years of struggle. And this is how Joseph stands before the people who hurt him most and says in Genesis 50:20, “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” The harm Joseph’s brothers intended against him was used by God to place him in Egypt where the only food would be stockpiled during a 7 year famine. The selling of Joseph into slavery would lead him to become a leader in the palace of the King. Now, Joseph sits in the palace with complete control of the only food in the land, and he saves the brothers who sold him. Everything was turned around and used for good. That’s what our God does! Our God takes the intended harm against us and turns it around and uses it for the good of not only us, but the lives of many. It’s now bigger than just you. It’s about the other lives you will now impact. And that’s the mystery of God. The mystery of how God works in the unseen to bring his divine plans to our lives, and unfold that mystery to be so much bigger than just us. Lysa Terkurst says, “When things don’t make sense, leave room for the mystery of God.” Leave room for the mystery of God. What does that mean to you? Does that mean you stop trying to control it, fix it or figure it out? Yes! Leave room for the mystery of God. Does that mean you surrender this mess to God and let him have his way in you? Yes! Leave room for the mystery of God. Does that mean you trust God to get it right, even when it doesn’t look or feel right? Yes! Leave room for the mystery of God. Now maybe you’re sitting in a pit of despair right now and you don’t know how you will ever get out of this. The mystery is all you see. Just an unsettling darkness of uncertainty. Remember this – darkness isn’t even a thing, my sister. You don’t turn on darkness, so you can’t turn off darkness. You can only turn on light. Darkness is an absence of light. Darkness is a void. The moment you turn on the light, the void is filled. Psalm 119:105, “Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.” You have the ability to turn on the light, my friend. You don’t have to sit in this void. God’s word is your light in the darkness. This is how you get through this. This is how you find your next step. You turn to the word of God. Now, notice this, God’s word is like a lamp to guide you feet. His word is a light for your path. You know what it’s not? It’s not like the noon day sun. God could have said his word is like the light of the day. He could have said it’s like the bright glow of a bonfire. But he didn’t. He said it’s a lamp to guide your feed, a light for your path. It’s not like broad daylight. But isn’t that what we want? We want our life to be lit up with everything in broad daylight. Make it bright – make it clear – remove all uncertainty. But, that’s simply not the way God works. Instead, he gives you his word that guides your next step. And while he guides your next step with the light of his word, everything else will remain dark. While you have light for the step in front of you, everything beyond this step remains a mystery. That’s the mystery of God. That’s the unseen miraculous unfolding of God’s good plans in places you haven’t gone to yet. You’re not there yet. You haven’t seen it yet. And you’re not supposed to. Leave room for the mystery of God. You don’t have to see how God is going to use this for good yet – but you can trust that he is. God always knew the day would come when Joseph would be sitting in power in the palace and save his entire family. God always knew the path to that palace. And God allowed the path to go to the pit. He allowed the path to go to the prison. He allowed the path to take 22 long years. And he allowed the path to remain dark in the unfolding, with only the next step revealed. Joseph learned that just because he couldn’t see it didn’t mean God didn’t already have it worked out. Listen to me – You can’t see it, but God already has it worked out. What you need is his word to guide your feet and light your path while his mysteries remain unknown and unseen. You don’t need a flood light. You don’t need a flashing sign. You don’t need a 5 year plan. You need God’s word for today. You need to know the spaces of mystery are the spaces inviting you to surrender it all to God and trust him to lead you somewhere good. Leave room for the mystery of God. He’s working it all out. You can trust him to get it right, really right! He’s already prepared the path for you and all you need is his light for the next step while the darkness remains. You won’t be here forever – but while you’re here, there’s a divine plan unfolding, and it’s good. 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