What if the Lord had not been on our side? (GNT,
Psalm 124:1).
What a powerful thought! How many times have I asked God (at
least in my subconscious), Where were you when I needed you? It’s easy
to assume that if things don’t go the way we want, then God must have
abandoned us, or at least taken the afternoon off.
The truth is we only see what happened, not what could have
happened. There’s no telling how often when things seemed bad, that we
were only seeing the tip of the iceberg as far as how bad things could have
been. What would we have suffered if God had not been on our side?
And to take it a step further, we don’t even see everything
that did happen – we just see what we can see with our physical eyes.
We have no idea what transpired behind the scenes in the spiritual realm on our
behalf.
Please don’t think I’m being a the-glass-is-half-empty kind
of guy. Oh, we could have been killed! That’s not it at all. (Actually, sometimes I am that kind
of guy – I mean, who are we kidding?) But in this reflection, I’m not
prophesying gloom and doom – just the opposite. All I’m saying is that God
works in our behalf in ways we never see and most of us never think about.
We serve a great God who loves us and who is looking out for
us.
The next time you wonder why God didn’t show up, ask
instead: What if the Lord had not been on my side?
TODAY’S MEDITATION
Have you thanked God lately
for the blessings you don’t know about? Imagine what your life would have been
like if God weren’t on your side.
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