Every event is under Divine control. Nothing is left to 'chance'.
Act 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
Deu 29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God
Our times are in His hands. Almighty God holds in his own hand all the issues of our life; we are not strays upon the ocean of fate, but are steered by His infinite wisdom.
Our times, and our fate are not in the hands of our enemies; not the conditions or our life, or the time of our death. The clear teaching of the Word, which we read earlier, is that all lambs live only at the direction and appointment of God, our lives are in His hands, and its parameters are fixed by Him; nor can our enemies take away our lives before His time; or harm us in ant way, without His permission. Read the book of Job; read the gospels -- satan could not attack Job without permission -- he could not sift Peter without the permission of our Heavenly Father. Oh my friends, learn this fact tonight, if you hear nothing else. These vampires, stalkers, and their mindless gnomes cannot interrupt your life in any way without God's consent, unless you give them power through your unrepented sin, or your fear and unbelief -- as a lamb, you must give before they can take. Not all the highest powers of darkness can take even one hour from your life without His consent. Our Father in Heaven will be the Director of the lives of His children; and NO ONE else! The hand of God is in all that occurs: directing, overruling, and sanctifying everything to our good and His glory. All of our times: times of trouble; times of prosperity and of adversity; of darkness, desertion, and temptation; and of joy, peace, and comfort; these are all in the hands of our Lord, at His disposal, and ordered by Him for the good of His servants, and for the glory of His own name. Understand this truth, my friends, incorporate it into you very soul -- seek Him, and ask if it be true -- search His Word: for with this truth, you take away all the power of the enemy -- you strip him naked, only to see that his only power is fear and bluster. Stand in the Lord, my friends, stand firm in His Word, His Truth, and His blood; and they will flee from you in disarray.
Does this mean that they will stop the attacks? No; you must remember they are mindless and often soulless, many are mere fodder; and they will keep on coming. Does this mean that they will never trouble our lives? No; there are times, even many times that the Lord allows evil days to come upon us in order to purity or discipline us. What is does mean is that He appointed everything that concerns us, and He applies all in His infinite wisdom and love. As He says in His Word, My purpose shall stand — and I will do all My pleasure. This, my friends, testifies to our strength, and our comfort; that He takes such pleasure in the welfare of His children, and in the lives of His servants.
My friends, a lamb has many enemies, simply because of his existence. The powers of darkness can see His light that He has placed within you; this light itself will bring them upon you. The wicked, and their mindless ones will persecute you, if at all possible, in one way or another -- by either words or deeds. As strange as it sounds, this is as it was meant to be: for their attacks only result in driving us closer to our Father, which is His intent. For only here, under the shadow of His wing, and with His strength an power, can we even begin to stand, and fight that fight that He has called us to, in these chaotic times. So you see, my friends, that even satan's small successes only result in hastening his doom; the only thing he accomplishes in driving down a lamb, is the creation of a more powerful spiritual warrior.
Everything that touches us passes under our Father's eye, and is directed by His Holy Spirit for our good and His glory. Therefore, my friends, by neither anxious, troubled, or cast down -- Our Lord God Omnipotent Reigns! He is your Father, your God, and your strength; He shall preserve you. Know this for sure; it shall never be as our enemies wish; or even as our hearts sometimes fear; but only as our Heavenly Father pleases, and has ordained; and this is both a comfort and an assurance.
I end with the witness of His Word; two from the Old Testament, and one from the New Testament:
In Psalms -- A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
And in Jeremiah -- And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible
Lastly, in the Gospel of John -- Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
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