He's In Control

Have you ever thought about how powerful and mighty our Lord is? This world and everything in it is His (Psalm 24:1). He is completely in control of each of our lives regardless of what happens. Have you ever thought about the fact that the same God who made this world and everything in it is the same God who calls you by your name and knows you intimately! Our God is so much greater than anything on earth. Through His power and strength He still loves us and cares for us with a love that doesn't compare to any of our relationships. His love is incredible and it will never fail. 


I often think about how different our world would be like if EVERY person prayed and worshipped Christ. How incredibly different would our world be? I ask this to encourage myself to pray more. This reminds me of the song by Casting Crowns, "What If His People Prayed". This song talks about how different everything would be if "those who bear His name would humbly seek His face and turn from their own way". Prayer is SO powerful and truly does have the power to change things, because like I said, He is in complete control of each of our lives and everything that goes on in this world. Here are a couple verses highlighting His power and control. 
"I form the light and create darkness,  I bring prosperity and create disaster;  I, the Lord, do all these things." -Isaiah 45:7
"Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails." -Proverbs 19:21
ALL of Job 38-39 shows how in control He is when the Lord speaks to Job out of a storm. 


My point in saying all of this is to encourage others to pray constantly (1 Thess. 5:17) and challenge you to put all of your trust in Jesus, the author of our lives and controller of our universe because He IS the source of eternal salvation (Hebrews 5:9).