I don't know if I can clip the part of today's Bible Recap sermonette that hit me hard. If I can't, I will get the whole thing here, with a special focus around minutes 6:40 to 7:25.
In short, God's will cannot be thwarted by human sin--mine or others. This section of Scripture is filled with examples of humans trying to mess with God's plans. Interference, delay, distractions, and redirections never seem to work out in the moment--or sometime they do seem to!--but ultimately God wins. He always wins.
There is also the phenomenon that what goes around often comes back around. Deceit begets deceit, and the deceiver becomes the deceived. Two things come to my own mind, Father God: one, may I be a person of truth, always, and two, may justice come. My prayer foci (plural of focus, right?) are for a just salary for Amy, a just resolution for my work leave, and a just outcome for the nation and the world who are in the gripping throes of lies and injustice.
I find myself pondering the problems facing the prophets and even Jesus. People were defiant and sinful, rejecting messages of repentance and love in favor of their worldly pursuits and pleasures. Their eyes were blinded? It certainly seems that way now. No matter how much truth is presented to them, they refuse to consider it. Several honorable Christians have observed that this seems to be idolatry and a dramatic misunderstanding of the non-worldly nature of both the Kingdom of God and the United States.
Abba, keep my eyes focused above, according to Colossians 3:1-2~~
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Amen.
(Remember: especially from ~6:40-7:25!)
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