Denalyn and I spent the better part of last evening listening as a wife told us of her husband’s latest affair. This is dalliance number three. She thought they had worked through the infidelity. The bridge of trust was enjoying some fresh mortar and reinforcement. They were talking more. Fighting seldom. Life seemed to be on a good path.

Then she saw the charge on the credit card. She confronted him. He became defensive. She came undone. He walked out. It’s a mess.

She asked between sobs, “Where is God in all this?”

And you? You weren’t thrown in jail, like Joseph, but then again, maybe you were. Or you ended up in AA or a women’s shelter or an unemployment line. And you wonder, I believe in God. Is he aware? Does he care?

Deism says no. God created the universe and then abandoned it.

Pantheism says no. Creation has no story or purpose unto itself; it is only a part of God.

Atheism says no. Not surprisingly, the philosophy that dismisses the existence of a god will, in turn, dismiss the possibility of a divine plan.

Christianity, on the other hand, says, “Yes, there is a God. Yes, this God is personally and powerfully involved in his creation.”

“The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word” (Heb. 1:3 NIV). The Greek word that is translated sustaining is a term commonly used in the New Testament for “carrying” or “bringing.” The friends carried the paralyzed man to Jesus, and the servants brought wine to the master of the wedding. They “sustained” the man and the wine (Luke 5:18; John 2:8). They guaranteed the safe delivery.

Max Lucado, Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World(Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2017).

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