Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21 (NKJV)I read a bar graph the other day that sited control issues as the primary cause of church divisiveness. That doesn’t surprise me at all. It seems everyone wants to be in control—certainly the people in my family (including me), are control freaks.
In truth, we can’t control our own lives much less the lives of others. Yet we struggle and fight for control as if it is something we are truly able to possess. For example, following the recent earthquake in Chile, my husband read the title of a news article which asked the question, “Is Mother Nature Out of Control?”
My point, of course, is there is but One who is in control—the Creator, the God of all. Instead of being anxious and going to the Lord in prayer with a litany of requests, surrender yourself to the One who loves you; the One who provides for you in ways that you can’t even imagine are possible—the One “…who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask...”
Control is the elusive butterfly, but the "the power that works in us", the Holy Spirit, is free to all through acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. To Him be the Glory forever and ever! God Bless!
