Why do we worry about where and how God places us? If we are in His hand, we are well cared for!
God does not just set us down and then forget about us for a time, but He keeps an eye on our position and our welfare at all times. His attention is focused on us and on the way He can most bless us. He goes before us to prepare our path. He brings substance out of nothingness, and He makes us to be ever so much more than we thought we could be.
The design He has for each life is much greater than what we can see or grasp. In Him we are enabled to fulfill commissions larger in scope than our own thinking could comprehend.
He may place us in a variety of situations over time... for learning, for "exposures" to certain circumstances, to gain insights... all the time using every aspect of our experience to lovingly shape us into that vessel He had in mind. We now only see a portion of His overall plan, but as we rest in His hand, in faith, His sovereign plan will unfold before our very eyes.
"Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ."
Philippians 1:6 KJV
© 2008 Arlene Schwartzkopf