Co-incidence
9/6/09 Spiritual Presentations Almost everything I’ve studied in the last couple of days seems to point coincidentally to the subject of personal intercession. It’s as if God is calling my attention to the very thing that shakes my faith.
This comes at a time when I’m in the middle of finally making a move to implement something I think God wants of me. I’m not at all assertive; I hear God, but then I tend to wait for further instructions. The things I’m reading lately seem to want to address the value God puts on our bringing of others to Him, as Jesus presented us to God through His intercession.
This is precisely relevant to the project I’m working on right now. So the coincidences might be designed to comfort me that the steps I’ve taken will bear fruit. Or maybe they’re to let me know that it’s good to have taken the initiative. It seems that this is the way God has chosen to speak to me this time – through coincidence; each instance being appropriate to the issue at hand.
It’s like the opposite of the “dark night of the soul”. Though it’s painful when God withholds Himself in order to impress a truth onto my spirit, there’s a corresponding joy when I come through the test with my faith intact and my love of God enhanced. So I thank You, God, for the trials that cause so much joy when they’ve been overcome. Thank You for the opportunity to love You, to serve You, and to please You. Thank You for Your good plan – the miraculous ways You find to carry it out and Your generous sharing of the knowledge of divine ways.
