Experiencing God -- God is always at work around you

Experiencing God -- God is always at work around you ...

"Look among the nations! Observe! Be astonished! Wonder! Because I am doing some things in your days -- you would not believe it if you were told!" Habakkuk 1:5

The first of the seven realities of experiencing God is the fact that God is always at work around you! Sometimes we get bogged down in our circumstances, and as the old saying goes, "we can't see the forest from the trees."

I love the story in 2 Kings 6 when Elisha was confronted concerning the army of Syria that was about to attack Israel. The Israelite army was fearful and convinced that they could not defeat this "great army" that had surrounded the city.

Elisha told the kings attendant not to be afraid, "for those who are with us are more than those who are with them." (2 Kings 6:16). Elisha then prays and petitions the God of Israel to open the attendant's eyes. I love this: "The the Lord opened the servants eyes, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha!" (2 Kings 6: 17

This fearful attendant of the king had the awesome privilege of seeing the curtain of the spiritual world pulled back so that he could gaze upon the army of the Lord that was all around them behind the scenes.

So often we are focused on the problem: finances, sickness, disappointment, hurt -- we fail to see with our human eyes that our Sovereign Lord is at work in ways we cannot see.

Like you, I am facing one of those battles were there is a situation out of my control. From a HUMAN perspective, it would be easy to run to the hills. I see the IMMEDIATE and the enemy that is looming around me. BUT GOD is at work all around me, and if I am willing to trust HIM, He will see me THROUGH it in ways that can turn my life upside down.

What are you experiencing right now? My friend, remind yourself of a FACT not a feeling: GOD IS ALWAYS AT WORK AROUND YOU. -- Bill Welte is President and CEO of America's KESWICK

God's WORD for YOU: Proverbs 20; Esther 1-2; Acts 5:1-21

Great Quote: No one switches on a flashlight in an area flooded by direct sunlight. We put on the light in order to dispel darkness. It is the darkness that makes the light necessary. God from eternity knew that men would choose darkness rather than light, and therefore He had to bring His light in Jesus Christ to shine in the midst of darkness. Anonymous