Our Triune God is not struggling to know what to do with a rebellious and suffering world. Nor is He hiding in seclusion, waiting to see how events unfold. Our Creator’s plan is with precision, yet He is patient, waiting for as many as possible to turn to Him. But not only on the grand scale, our Savior is moving in unseen ways in a most personal way, empowering us to see and hear His kingdom at work.
“Long before we got interested in the subject of God, God subjected us to the most intensive and searching knowledge. Before it ever crossed our minds that God might be important, God singled us out as important. Before we were formed in the womb, God knew us. We are known before we know. This realization has a practical result: no longer do we run here and there, panicked and anxious, searching for the answers to life. Our lives are not puzzles to be figured out. Rather, we come to God, who knows us and reveals to us the truth of our lives. The fundamental mistake is to begin with ourselves and not God. God is the center from which all life develops. If we use our ego as the center from which to plot the geometry of our lives, we will live eccentrically.” - Eugene H. Peterson, Run with the Horses: The Quest for Life at Its Best
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