When we can't trace His hand, we must trust His heart!

(Anonymous. You will find it helpful to Listen to the Audio, as you read the text below.)

Isaiah 45:7 declares,
"I form the light and create darkness,
 I bring prosperity and create disaster;
 I, the Lord, do all these things!"

As we read these words, we are reminded that God is the one who is ultimately in control. He is the one who . . .
  forms the light and creates the darkness,
  bringing prosperity and creating disaster!

This means that no matter what we are going through, whether it's a season of abundance or a season of struggle, God is the one who is guiding and directing every event, every circumstance, and every outcome.

The Lord God Almighty reigns supreme over all of creation, exercising complete sovereignty and providential control over every aspect of His universe. Nothing happens by chance, or accident, or fate, or outside of His divine plan.

He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things, and everything—both the pleasant and the painful—falls under His sovereign will. The same God who blesses His people with prosperity and abundance, is the same God who, for His own wise purposes, may also bring disaster, suffering, and difficult circumstances into our lives.

We must recognize that God's sovereignty is not limited to just individual lives. God is sovereign over all of His creation, over all of history, and over all of His world! It means that God is the one who is guiding the course of human events, and that He is the one who is ultimately in control of the destiny of every nation and every government.

What does this mean for us as believers?

It means that we must trust in God's sovereignty, even when things don't make sense. It means that we must trust that God is working everything out for our good and His glory, even when we can't see how. As we encounter the vicissitudes of life, we must surrender our own desires and plans to God, and trust that He will guide us along His all-wise and gracious path.

No matter what we face in this life, we can take comfort in knowing that our lives are firmly held in the mighty, loving hands of our Savior-God, who loves His chosen and redeemed people with an everlasting love!

It has been wisely said, "When we can't trace His hand, we must trust His heart!"

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
 and do not lean on your own understanding;
 in all your ways acknowledge Him,
 and He will make your paths straight!" Proverbs 3:5-6

"You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You!" Isaiah 26:3

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The following is a short addendum, if you care to read it.

One has stated, "God does not permit things to happen. He purposed all that comes to pass in time, before time began. And all that He ordained from eternity and performs in time, is good." Sadly, many in Christendom do not accept the teaching of God's absolute Sovereignty over His world. I offer the following Scriptures, without comment, for your perusal:

"Who gave man his mouth?
 Who makes him deaf or mute?
 Who gives him sight or makes him blind?
 Is it not I, the Lord?" Exodus 4:11

"See now that I myself am He!
 There is no god besides me.
 I put to death and I bring to life,
 I have wounded and I will heal,
 and no one can deliver out of my hand."
Deuteronomy 32:39

"The Lord brings death and makes alive;
 He brings down to the grave and raises up.
 The Lord sends poverty and wealth;
 He humbles and He exalts." 1 Samuel 2:6-7

"Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?" Job 2:10

"For hardship does not spring from the soil,
 nor does trouble sprout from the ground." Job 5:6

"For He wounds, but He also binds up;
 He injures, but His hands also heal." Job 5:18

"When times are good, be happy;
 but when times are bad, consider:
 God has made the one as well as the other."
Ecclesiastes 7:14

"This is what the Lord says: As I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will give them all the prosperity I have promised them." Jeremiah 32:42

"Who can speak and have it happen, if the Lord has not decreed it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?" Lamentations 3:38

"When disaster comes to a city, has not the Lord caused it?" Amos 3:6