https://odb.org/MY/2021/08/30/master-of-mercies
The sunflower growing and standing triumphantly in the middle of a highway next to the fast lane. Josiah, after a long line of idol worshipping and evil Kings of Judah, followed the ways of his forefather David and served and worshiped the LORD. Josiah destroyed the idols, turned Judah back to God and repaired the Temple of the LORD. Both of these examples go to show that God is able to work in unexpected ways; whether in a lonely place like a far away highway or after a line of many disobedient, rebellious and unfaithful Kings. Or we may extrapolate – in cold and dark countries that are violently hostile to the Gospel or in the middle of and among the most isolated Amazon tribes or among the more advanced but liberally lost nations of Europe or even in communist regimes like China, North Korea and Cuba.
Perhaps our life has been uneventful in the spiritual space all this while? Perhaps our church have been praying for a spiritual breakthrough all this time? Perhaps we have been praying for a miraculous healing for ourselves or for someone? Or perhaps we have been waiting for a long time for that recognition at work, that promotion, that jump in salary?
The message today is God is in control and may work whether through nature (sunflower) or man (Josiah) unexpectedly. God can work even when the odds are heavily stacked against Him. The Lord will work in you and I even if we are one of those whom most will not expect to see change and becoming like a King Josiah. Respond to His call, step up in faith and see His miraculous Hands working in our midst, in our life, brightening up our surroundings and blessing us and those associated with us with His grace, mercy, love and protection – all under the shadow of His mighty wings! He is the Almighty God; the same God who grew the majestic sunflower in the middle of nowhere and the same one who raised Josiah after a long line of evil Kings! Praise the Lord for He is a good and mighty God!
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