Daily Wisdom 05-08-2003 Who's In Charge?

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Who's In Charge?

I used to give A's to everyone who attended my seminary classes. It made the Dean unhappy and that's understandable. The thing that always blew me away was how students were upset at that.They always asked me how much they should read, how much they needed to do. And I would say, "You've already got an A." It was a good way to illustrate God's grace for us.

You see, we want to earn it. We want to be even.

He paid for my lunch and I didn't even know his name. I went to the little girl at the register and she said, "Sir, a gentleman paid for your lunch." And I asked, "What's his name?" She said, "I don't know." I said, "I don't like that." She said, "I don't care." I told her I wanted to pay for my lunch. She said, "You can't pay for your lunch it's already been paid for. If that really bothers you give the money to charity."

Still makes me angry I couldn't pay that bill.

I have a lot of bills with God. I can't pay that one either.

I want to control everything. It's the adult child syndrome. We're big into control because when I couldn't control things it hurt me and caused me pain. I've spent most of my life trying to control you and me and my family and my children. And you can throw in God, too.

Did you hear about the man in India who was making a trip across the entirety of the nation? Everything he owned was in a suitcase. He put the suitcase in a rack on the train above where he was sitting and he put his eyes on the suite case because everything he owned was in the suite case and he knew there were thieves on the train.

It was 2 o'clock in the morning when he simply couldn't keep his eyes open any longer. For just a few seconds he drifted off and when he opened his eyes, the suite case was gone. He then said out loud, "Thank God, now I can go to sleep."

You don't control anything. You're not big enough. The powers are far beyond you. Now isn't that a relief? You can go to sleep. God's in charge.

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. -- Colossians 1: 16-17

Copyright 2002 Key Life Network. Today's Daily Wisdom is from Steve Brown. His Bible teaching is heard daily on hundreds of radio stations through the Key Life Network. For the frequency of a station near you go to www.keylife.org

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