The Special of the Day… From the Orange Moon Cafe…
"The Current Event"
In Mrs. Jackson's 5th grade class during my elementary school years, we had a time to consider "Current Events" each week. I was already an avid reader of newspapers in those days, and the session was one of my favorite subjects. Of course, this was before the advent of the Internet and the ongoing bombardment of information we now experience, fulfilling the prophecy of the book of Daniel:
"Knowledge shall be increased" (Daniel 12:4).
Current events present themselves far more in the moment than we could have imagined during our 1960s considerations. The most current event of all, however, and by far the most significant, continues in this hour as it did so long ago:
"God… worketh all things after the counsel of His own will" (Ephesians 1:3).
Amid all, the heart and hand of God moves to fulfill "the eternal purpose, which He purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Ephesians 3:11). Whether by His direct determinations and administrations, or by the providence of His allowances, our Heavenly Father involves Himself in everything that happens in His creation. He knows Himself perfectly, and thus knows He can weave His purpose into the fabric of "all things." This ever abides as the current event that transcends all others in every moment, whether in His obvious blessing, or His working in matters wherein He seems to be absent, and His hand stilled.
A good friend once asked his pastor father a question. "Dad, what is this world coming to?!" His father answered, "Son, that is not the issue. "Who came to this world?" That is the issue. Who remains in this world can also be asked, with the same answer blessing us with its assurance and ongoing reassurance. "Christ came… I am with you always" (Romans 9:5; Matthew 28:20). The Lord Jesus still walks the paths of this present world through the Holy Spirit's working in our hearts, and in all things. Yes, this ever abides as the most current event, namely, the presence, involvement, and working of the living God. He is so wise, so faithful, so gracious, so righteous, so merciful, so holy, so present, so involved, so determined, and so current that as we open the eyes of faith to behold, we will know that the same truth answers both "Who came?" and "Who remains?"
I did not know this truth in 5th grade. I still feel like a first day kindergartner regarding such a wonder so many years later. However, I share with you the conviction that pervades the spirits of all believers. The Holy Spirit bears witness therein, the Scriptures inform, and the centuries confirm the old adage, "History is His story." It is, and as current events bless, challenge, and sometimes perplex us, let us remember and affirm the most current of them all… "God worketh all things."
"For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen."
(Romans 11:36)
Weekly Memory Verse
My strength is made perfect in weakness.
(II Corinthians 12:9)
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