For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.“
This past year I’ve been working on some legal issues for a family member and I’ve prayed about it all. I’ve prayed before every conversation, for wisdom in strategy, for courage, direction and that the right people would be available to help in all necessary areas of this situation…today it was affirmed again that God has been answering my prayers.
Every single step seems to be guided by God. Every connection made by God. Every decision seems to be influenced by our God.
There’s no other explanation. I couldn’t have done this myself. God put the right people into place. God has helped orchestrate so much that it’s not possible I could have done this myself.
Today I’m thankful for God listening and being with me so I can better help this family member.
Thank you God for your guidance, direction, protection and love.
2: Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3: because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
Yesterday morning at Church my wife and I both had confirmations from God about a few things we’ve been dealing with and trying to understand separately. It sounds far fetched to non-believers sure…but to believers it’s not hard to believe.
So many times people say well I don’t hear God speaking to me but many times they aren’t listening or paying attention.
For my wife and I at Church yesterday she was affirmed about a question she had as the lady leading a worship/praise song was speaking. I was spoken to as our Pastor was speaking and on the screens behind him was a verse literally answering what I’d been Praying about intensely earlier in the service.
God spoke thru those to people answering our questions and Prayers.
He hears us and loves us enough to have a relationship with us and answer when we ask.
We have to have Faith, Obey, be Obedient, Listen, Observe, and Trust that our Lord and Savior is with us at all times and listening to us.
God loves us that much.
My wife and I can give example after example of times that God has answered us in one way or another. It’s not like some loud voice from Heaven yells back but it’s in many other ways and thru other people and actions and words.
The word coincidence is used only once in the New Testament, and it was by Jesus Himself in the parable of the Good Samaritan. In Luke 10:31, Jesus said, “And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side.” The word coincidence is translated from the Greek word synkyrian, which is a combination of two words: sun and kurios. Sun means “together with,” and kurious means “supreme in authority.” So a biblical definition of coincidence would be “what occurs together by God’s providential arrangement of circumstances.”
What appears to us as random chance is in fact overseen by a sovereign God who knows the number of hairs on every head (Luke 12:7). Jesus said that not even a sparrow falls to the ground without our Father’s notice (Matthew 10:29). In Isaiah 46:9–11, God states unequivocally that He is in charge of everything: “I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’ From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that I will bring about; what I have planned, that I will do.”
When we consider life events, we tend to classify them as “important” or “unimportant.” Many people have no problem believing that God is in charge of the “big things” but assume that such a big God would not trouble Himself with the seemingly miniscule events of our everyday lives. However, that understanding is colored by our human limitations and not supported by Scripture. For God, there are no unimportant events. He does not need to conserve His strength because His power is limitless. His attention is never divided. If the Lord God tracks every sparrow (Matthew 10:29), then nothing is too small for His attention. He is often referred to as the Almighty (Genesis 17:1; Exodus 6:3; Job 13:3), a name denoting unrestricted power and absolute dominion.
Citing coincidence is how we humans explain unexpected events and surprise meetings. But just because we are taken by surprise does not mean that God is. Scripture is clear that God allows sinful humans to make mistakes and reap the consequences of those mistakes, but only a sovereign God could also promise that He will make “all things work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28). In ways known only to God, He takes even our mistakes and unplanned events and weaves them together to fulfill His purposes.
In Old Testament times, God often used the Urim and Thummin, pieces of the high priest’s ephod, to help give guidance and instruction (Exodus 28:30; Leviticus 8:8; 1 Samuel 30:7–8). In the New Testament, we see the apostles trusting God’s sovereignty when they cast lots to choose a new disciple to replace Judas (Acts 1:26).
Though each of these means of communication seems insignificant, God has shown throughout Scripture that He can use the smallest object or event for His purposes. God does not seem to allow for “coincidence.” The administration of the universe is not based on serendipity. The Bible says that God’s purposes will prevail and that He is in control of even the most random event (Proverbs 19:21). Proverbs 16:33 says, “The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.” What may seem insignificant to us may be in fact a result of God’s omniscient power working on our behalf to accomplish His will in our lives.
My wife and I were just talking tonight about how God helped bring us together. Our Prayers and the Prayers of our parents were heard by God for sure.
It’s absolutely not a coincidence how we met, when we met, who brought us together, why we met, etc…it was God’s handiwork.
Both of us were in tuff spots before we met each other but my wife was in a truly bad situation. God used people close to us to introduce us at the right time, we fell in love and grew closer over the years strengthening our bond enough to be able to get thru very tough circumstances. My wife’s past trauma came up and God had made us strong enough to work thru this together.
None of us was a coincidence. We were brought together by God when God wanted us to meet and how. Prayers were answered and we’ve done our best to keep God at the center of our marriage and family.
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