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Who Knew?













For the next few days, I am going to write about some things that we say, but that God will not or does not say.




God does not say “whoops"

nor does he say, “I didn’t see that coming.” 

You and I are often surprised by the twists and turns in life, 

but the all-knowing God never is. 

When Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit in the garden, 

God was not surprised.  

Nor was he astounded when a shepherd boy became a king.  

And when the King of Assyria invaded, he was not blindsided in the least. 

In fact, he was working His plan even in the things that no one could have expected 

or seen happening. 

James puts it like this, “Now listen, you who say, 

“Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, 

spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” 

Why you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. 

What is your life? 

You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 

Instead, you ought to say, 

“If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” 

How right he is!  

We can make plans, 

only to have them topple in a moment because we can’t see beyond today. 

How often we lament, 

“If I had only known!”  

However, I don’t believe God has ever been surprised by anything past, 

present, 

or future. 

There is nothing that you or I can do that would take God by surprise. 

So, when life takes me down a road I wasn’t expecting, 

I can hold on to the one who has been there from the beginning.  

He has never been blown away by the twisting of life.   

I can trust him to help me through the messy parts of life when I say, 

"Whoa" or "I didn't see that coming."

He will direct my steps making the rough places straight,

putting me right where I need to be.


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