Thoughts for today:
Nothing is a surprise to God – that’s right, He’s never had a surprise party….
Unlike God, we are often taken by surprise when things don’t turn out the way we planned. We have hopes that things might be a certain way, or that things should be a certain way.
But to God, everything is fine, the way He ordains it. I can’t wrap my mind around that. There are too many variables, how can He has it all in control? Well, that’s why He’s God, duh!
I learned this week that when things do not turn out as we expect, God is steering us towards something that we ourselves would not have chosen, or maybe would not even have thought of. The detour sign is taking us down another road, the road that we in fact should be taking. So actually, calling it a detour is our perspective, but to God, it’s simply “follow the arrow” sign to move forward.