"ALL THINGS!"

Colossians 1:13-18                      (ESV)

"13 HE has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved SON,

14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

15 HE is the image of the invisible GOD, the firstborn of all creation.

16 For by HIM all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-all things were created through HIM and for HIM.

17 And HE is before "ALL THINGS", and in him "ALL THINGS" hold together.

18 And HE is the head of the body, the church. HE is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything HE might be preeminent."

Can't you see that sometimes "ALL THINGS" don't work out the way we humans plan them?  Don't you imagine that in Exodus 14 Pharaoh THOUGHT he was going to recapture the children of Israel and bring them back to Egypt to serve once again under his rule?  The Egyptians were THE worldwide military power of the time and were as brutal as could be. Surely they THOUGHT they could just go round up the children of Israel like gathering lost sheep back into a fold?   But Exodus 14:4 GOD had a different Plan and HE says "And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will pursue them, and I WILL GET GLORY over Pharaoh and all his host, and the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD." And they did so."

We can plan, and scheme, and organize, and train but all GOD has to do is SPEAK and "ALL THINGS" listen!  Like Pharaoh, we can make our plans on how we THINK things should occur, but if GOD says different, our plans have to change, not GOD's plans!  Why do I get so "out-of-sorts" when my plans get superseded by The ALMIGHTY's DIVINE PLAN!  The children of Israel must have assumed they were in deep trouble when the Egyptians were revealed to them.  But GOD said "ALL THINGS" would work for HIS glory, and "the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD." ........ And they did so."

Human plans cannot match GOD's Plan!  "ALL THINGS", including this world, were made by GOD SPEAKING (Genesis 1:3)!  And GOD SAID should cause us to take notice!  "ALL THINGS" were created for HIM, and by HIM, and HE WILL BE GLORIFIED, no matter our plans!!!