God Knows What Is Happening In Your Nation

Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that God is asleep when

it comes to nations, or that He is out of touch when it comes

to carnal banquets, or that He sits in Heaven wringing His

hands when it comes to godless rulers (and foolish

presidents!) who make unfair, rash, or stupid decisions.

Mark it down in permanent ink: God is always at work. But

His ways are so different from ours, we quickly jump to

fallacious conclusions and either react rashly or get

paralyzed in panic. Take a deep breath right now as you

read the timeless reminder of Isaiah.

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,

Neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,

So are My ways higher than your ways,

And My thoughts than your thoughts.

For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,

And do not return there without watering the earth,

And making it bear and sprout,

And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;

So shall My word be which goes forth from My mouth;

It shall not return to Me empty,

Without accomplishing what I desire,

And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.”

- Chuck Swindoll, Esther: A Woman of Strength and Dignity