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“Right Verse at the Right Time”
God 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.
Caroline M. writes:
It is my practice to pull out my pocket New Testament when I’m on the bus. This is not my devotion time, but a little habit I developed when I received an e-mail that asked, “What if we treated our Bible like our cell phone?” I don’t have a cell phone, but I did get the idea.
I’m reading Acts now, when I’m on the bus. And today the bus was particularly noisy due to a “one-man show” a passenger decided to put on. As I read, I may as well have been reading the ingredients on the back of a package of cookies, for all I got from my reading.
In Acts chapter 17, I read down to verse 26 through 28 — and the words were branded on my spirit.
My daughter had been witnessing to an e-mail friend, who is a serious seeker of the Lord. When I talked to her, she told me that she told her friend that the Lord was very close to her now.
I remembered that verse (Acts 17:27) and read it to her. She was e-mailing her friend at that moment and included the verse. The decision is hers.
What impressed me was that the only verses that even registered with me were the ones I would be needing in a few minutes. He is a great God, Who truly knows the end from the beginning.
Please note that the views expressed in this story are not necessarily the views of the American Bible Society. Story posted on April 18th, 2008 and filed under Praise, Bible, Your Stories, Evangelization, Verses, God's Sovereignty.
April 18th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Dear Caroline M. :
“…the Lord was very close to her now” has inspired me to sing anew with the Psalmist: “Where can I flee from Thy Presence? If I ascend to Heaven…If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, Thou art there,” and yet I am comforted to know, too, that “Thy Hand will lead me, And thy right hand will lay hold of me….” (Psalm 139:7-10).
Truly, “For in Him we live and move and exist….” ( Acts 17:28). I must, therefore, live the Great Commandment: “LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND” (Matthew 22:37).
“God did this so that men would seek him.” And
we are promised that “seek and you will find” (Matthew 7:7).
For “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “Who is, and Who was, and Who is to come, the Almighty” (Revelation 1:8)
Thank you for your refreshing and profound insight to conclude that “He is a great God, Who truly knows the end from the beginning.”
May GOD ALL MIGHTY Bless you and your adorable and Precious Princess;
GODSPEED with your ‘omega and alpha,’ always and forevermore!
Mary Sun.
May 7th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Outstanding! Thank you!