Acts 17: 26From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. 27God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
Remember when you were a kid and you played blind mans bluff? That is what I think of when I read this passage. The phrase "reach out for him" in the original text was one word : psēlaphaō it is a Greek word meaning , that is, verify by contact; figuratively to search for: - feel after, handle, touch. So we are groping for the Lord, just like when we were a kid and we flailed our hands searching out the person closest to us. All to often we feel blindfolded and in the dark, but look how the passage ends. "Though He is not far from each one of us." That is the point we must remember…the Lord is never far from us. Unlike our childhood friends who worked so hard to elude us, God is always close by. So while we struggle, and try to make sense of this world, and where we have found ourselves, remember; As this scripture tells us, He has determined the times set for us, and the exact places we should live……so where are you at right now? Exactly where you should be, why are you there? For the opportunity to reach out and find God! Oh I know you are thinking, "there is no way the God put me in this terrible situation that I find myself in right now for any good purpose" But I would remind you that God's grace is sufficient. It might just be that it is your darkest hour turns out to be your hour of the brilliant light of the Lord. Sometimes it is when the world drives us to our knees that we finally allow the world to fall away, and it is then that we can hear that the Lord is right next to us. Take the blindfold off, refuse to play the worlds game. Know that you are exactly where you need to be so that you might draw closer to God, and fill your life with His joy. Ask, seek, knock……………..he is never far.
God Bless,
Brian Thetford
The New
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