Safe in the Heart of God

An episode of the Warsaw Evangelical Presbyterian Church podcast, hosted by WEPC, titled "Safe in the Heart of God" was published on April 28, 2022 and runs 40 minutes.

April 28, 2022 ·40m · Warsaw Evangelical Presbyterian Church

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Summary

Our family has always enjoyed putting together puzzles, especially Nicole. During the pandemic’s early days, we easily worked on finishing 4-5 of them, each one containing at least 2,000 pieces. As usual, my job would be to find all the edge pieces and separate them by colors while Nicole would work on more intricate portions of the middle. Together we made a great team. However, what seemed unexplainable to us was the fact that not a single puzzle we put together contained all of the pieces! We would always be missing one or two pieces; and we were shocked by this as we always worked in one spot and completed it in a couple of days. Did a piece stick to an arm and fall off somewhere? Did it fall on the floor and get carried off to another part of the house? Did we accidentally eat one? (Cheez-Its and puzzle pieces are remarkably similar in size and shape…and maybe even taste!) Regardless, we were always amazed to step back and see the completed picture! This week as we turn our attention to Romans 8:28-30, we’re going to see how individual pieces fit together to form a picture. Each one is necessary, and to try to understand each one separate from the others misses out on the God behind them. But if we step back and see them all together through the lens of the heart of God and His love for us, we see the beautiful puzzle come into view. Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Like a puzzle, God uses all the pieces of our lives to lock together into something good and to make a beautiful picture. Why? So that we might “be conformed into the image of God’s Son.” I’m looking forward to worshiping together with you this weekend as we continue to celebrate the resurrection of the King of Kings.

Episode Description

Our family has always enjoyed putting together puzzles, especially Nicole. During the pandemic’s early days, we easily worked on finishing 4-5 of them, each one containing at least 2,000 pieces. As usual, my job would be to find all the edge pieces and separate them by colors while Nicole would work on more intricate portions of the middle. Together we made a great team.

However, what seemed unexplainable to us was the fact that not a single puzzle we put together contained all of the pieces! We would always be missing one or two pieces; and we were shocked by this as we always worked in one spot and completed it in a couple of days. Did a piece stick to an arm and fall off somewhere? Did it fall on the floor and get carried off to another part of the house? Did we accidentally eat one? (Cheez-Its and puzzle pieces are remarkably similar in size and shape…and maybe even taste!) Regardless, we were always amazed to step back and see the completed picture!

This week as we turn our attention to Romans 8:28-30, we’re going to see how individual pieces fit together to form a picture. Each one is necessary, and to try to understand each one separate from the others misses out on the God behind them. But if we step back and see them all together through the lens of the heart of God and His love for us, we see the beautiful puzzle come into view.

Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Like a puzzle, God uses all the pieces of our lives to lock together into something good and to make a beautiful picture. Why? So that we might “be conformed into the image of God’s Son.”

I’m looking forward to worshiping together with you this weekend as we continue to celebrate the resurrection of the King of Kings.