Life Lessons with Dr. Steve Schell
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
We’re watching a proverb being lived out. Solomon wrote, “Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but the counsel of the Lord will stand” (Pr 19:21). The psalmist said the same thing this way, “Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. For He spoke and it was done, He commanded, and it stood fast. The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations, He frustrates the plans of the peoples. The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of His heart from generation to generation” (Ps 33:8-11).
On the same night when a group of men were forming a plot to kill Paul, Jesus appeared to him and told him to cheer up because he was going to Rome. No matter how careful these men were to hide their plans, or how determined they were to carry them out, God almost effortlessly overruled them. The turning point comes at verse 16. Somehow a young man heard information he should not have been able to hear. That simple fact changed everything. God can overrule humans so easily it’s almost laughable. We’ll never outwit Him.
But, does God overrule in all situations? Obviously not, yet as we see time after time in the Bible He does overrule the evil attacks that come against His people so that they can fulfill the plan He has for them. Paul was in the middle of God’s will, doing what he believed God wanted him to do, but that didn’t mean it was an easy path. He suffered a great deal, and in the future he would die by execution. But not until God’s time arrived, until then, God’s hand repeatedly protected him. Or, maybe I should say, especially then, God’s hand protected him (2Ti 1:12; 4:6-8). Let’s watch God protect Paul, and then realize He will do the same for us.
50 - The Jerusalem Council
49 - The Antioch Model
48 - Finding Timothy
47 - Baptism with the Holy Spirit
46 - Eternal Perspectives
45 - Spiritual Jealousy
44 - Seeing Jesus Alive
43 - The Mercies of David
42 - Young Mark
41 - Prophetic Guidance
40 - Flattery and Complements
39 - Choosing To Pray
38 - Honoring Flawed People
37 - The Barnabus Model
36 - Clean
35 - Peter’s Revelation
34 - Saul and Peter
33 - Trusting Saul
32 - The Son of God
31 - Chosen Vessels
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