As Christians, we believe that God is always at work carrying out His purpose ultimately for our good and His glory (Rom. 8:28). We are well aware of verses that speak of God’s never ceasing work in our world today, “My Father is working until now, and I am working” (John 5:17) and more specifically of His work within us, “For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure” (Phil. 2:13).
I have always believed these verses and even preached them, but recently had the opportunity to learn that the hand of God was at work in my life in as vivid and powerful way as I have ever seen before.
Not long ago, I got to meet the two men who were driving behind me when my automobile accident occurred. It was an emotional and powerful moment for me. These men are deeply committed Christians, and I’m so thankful they stopped to help me that day.
They were unsure exactly how to assist me and surveying the extent of my injuries were unsure that I would actually survive. At that moment, one of the men said he sensed from the Lord that I would in fact live and what he needed to do was apply pressure to a particular spot where I was bleeding badly. My doctors have since told me that action quite possibly saved my life.
Another amazing thing is that these men are related to members of Immanuel Baptist Church in Shawnee where I was pastor for many years. This is how we
got connected.
The men and their wives were in Shawnee the day of the accident visiting those members. As they were leaving their relatives’ house, they sensed that they needed to turn back and pray with them.
They were unsure why they sensed the need to do this but went back and prayed with their family for about 15 minutes. Because they went back to the house for that length of time, it put them on the trajectory to be behind me when the accident occurred.
I do not believe for one second that any of what I have just shared is coincidence. I believe wholeheartedly it was God at work. There are many hard, painful things involved with this accident, but it simply amazes me to see the hand of God at work in the midst of it all.
God does not always work in a way that we wish He would, but we must trust His hand.
We must believe that He is always good, even in the darkest of times, and is always ultimately at work for our good even when we may not realize or understand it.
Serving Jesus with You,
