How many times have we said; “if Plan A does not work we will go to Plan B”? If we had a dollar
for every time that was said we would all be rich!
There were times in life where I have had only Plan A and there was no back-up plan (Plan B) to be had and that is where trust must come in. Dan and I raised three daughters two years
apart. We came to this time in life
where for seven years – three girls were in college and three weddings took
place. One of our daughters wanted an
outdoor wedding on Labor Day weekend. We
rented the park and began to make all the arrangements for the grandeur event
to take place. During this time one on
my friends said; but what if it rains?
My budget was extremely skinny due to the fact of three in college and
we had paid for a wedding two years earlier.
I looked at my friend and replied there is no Plan B, we will trust the
Lord. My mind began to mull realizing
the budget would not afford us a wedding tent or an alternate location but I
pushed that aside and trusted the Lord. By
the way not only was the wedding beautiful on the skinny budget the weather was
absolutely perfect!
There have been times where I sought the Lord for an answer
asking Him should I do this or should I do that. No answer came…I struggled with this and more than once I have sensed the Lord say;
Penny, I am going to bless you no matter what you decide to do in this…but Lord
only you know the future and I do not want to miss your “plan” for us. Penny, I am going to bless you no matter what
you decide to do in this. Yes, there
will be many times when we do not get a direct answer to a prayer, but
understand this as long as you are not sinning (because that is against God’s will and His Word), He always has
you covered.
If we obey the Lord through the guidelines that are laid out
in the Word (Bible); Psalms 31:15(NKJV) My times are in Your hand;
Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me.
Having
thus taken to the best resource by trusting in Jehovah, and having made the
grandest claim possible by saying, “Thou art my God”, the Psalmist now stays
himself upon a grand old doctrine, one of the most wonderful that was ever
revealed to men. He sings, “My times are in thy hand.” This to him was a most
cheering fact: he had no fear as to his circumstances, since all things were in
the divine hand. He was not shut up unto the hand of the enemy; but his feet
stood in a large room, for he was in a space large enough for the ocean, seeing
the Lord had placed him in the hollow of his hand. To be entirely at the
disposal of God is life and liberty for us.
The great truth is this — all that concerns the believer is in the
hands of the Almighty God. “My times”, these change and shift; but they change
only in accordance with unchanging love, and they shift only according to the
purpose of One with whom is no variableness nor shadow of a turning. “My
times”, that is to say, my ups and my downs, my health and my sickness, my
poverty and my wealth — all those are in the hand of the Lord, who arranges and
appoints according to his holy will the length of my days, and the darkness of
my nights. Storms and calms vary the seasons at the divine appointment. Whether
times are reviving or depressing remains with him who is Lord both of time and
of eternity; and we are glad it is so. “My Times Are In Thy Hand”
A SERMON
(No. 2205)
(No. 2205)
Delivered on
Lord’s-Day Morning, May 17th, 1891, by
C. H. SPURGEON,
C. H. SPURGEON,
At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington
You can count on the fact; Psalms 16:6(NKJV) The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Yes, I have a good inheritance.
TRUST
A very encouraging word. Thanks Penny!
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