Where was God in the Middle of a
Ministry Storm
(Part 3 of 3)
What if behind the silence
God has been acting
Lovingly
In our stead
Behind the scenes of what we can view
What we can possibly understand
God has been working
God has been present
Actively involved in every aspect of
our lives
God was there at the beginning of
creation
God was there when Adam and Eve
sinned
God was there when He provided a ram
as a scapegoat for Isaac
God was there when Christ died on the
cross as the Scapegoat for us
God was there when Christ rose from
the dead
Our Omnipotent God
Our Omniscient God
Our Omnipresent God
Who
Was
Is
and Forever will be
God
The Great I AM
God
The God who spoke the universe into
existence God
The God who knows the end from the
beginning God
The God who is always with us,
Emmanuel God
Even in the silence
Even when we feel abandoned
Rejected
Punished
Dejected
God who is at work
He is God in Heaven
And we are but dust here on earth
God exists and reigns forever
While our lives are but a mere breath
Here today and gone tomorrow
Like a tumbleweed
Puff
Swept away
Gone
Our Sovereign God is on the Throne
He has been ruling
Reigning
Caring enough for us that He died for
us
Christ suffered the loneliness
Rejection
Abandonment
In Gethsemane
And on the cross
For we do not have a Great High
Priest who is unable to empathize with us
For He was tempted in all ways like
us
And yet
He was without sin
Let us then
Boldly
Approach the Throne of Grace and Mercy
In our times of need
For He understands our feelings
Our dejection
Our experiences
Just as Elisha asked God to unveil to
his servant
Hills full of horses and chariots of
fire all around Elisha
When the servant only saw Aram’s army
surrounding them
For
“Those who are with us are more than
those who are with them”
God’s Ministering Angels at work
Guiding
Protecting
Providing
For God’s children
For we are but humans made lower than
the angels
And yet
The angels are there to serve and
minister to us
Behind the scenes
Not visible to our naked eye
We would not have known
How or what
God was doing
While on this side of Heaven
One day we will see clearly
On the other side
Where
God the Father is excited to embrace
us in His arms
God the Son welcomes us to be His
co-heirs
God the Holy Spirit rejoices with us
as we are perfect like Him
While our experience on earth may at
times be
Afflicted in every way
but not crushed
Perplexed
but not driven to despair
Persecuted
but not forsaken
Struck down
but not destroyed
May the Holy Spirit open our
spiritual eyes
That we might see into the spiritual
realm
Of what God is doing
Even when we only experience
Silence
