If He Had Not…
Now Think On This
Steve Martin
“The steps of a man
are established by the Lord, and He delights in his way.” (Psalm 37:23, NASU)
One of my recent Now
Think On This messages was entitled The
What Ifs. It has been one of my most read and shared ones. It is because we
often find ourselves thinking about the “what ifs” in life, don’t we? But then,
on the other hand, how often do we consider the “if He had nots” that I believe
are just as important, if not more so.
As you look back on the
road you have taken in life thus far, where would you be if the Lord Himself
had not intervened in your life? What would have happened if His Almighty hand had not guided you to take that one specific step, or prevent you from taking one that would
have had serious consequences?
During my first and only
year of college (no degree here), I had become engaged to a sophomore who
wanted to be an English teacher in Iowa. I wanted to be a missionary in Africa.
As you guessed, the engagement did not last long. She wasn’t going the way I
felt led to go. But two years later, I met the one who would be my life mate,
and take the road the Lord had planned for the two of us, and yes, the kids and
grandkids that followed. If He had not intervened…
I think back on that
decision He led us to make when I left a well-paying, next rung-on-the-ladder
VP job in Michigan in 1987. Moving our family then to the southern end of
Florida, accepting a financial position with an international Christian
ministry, was not the typical way to go for a 33 year-old with wife and four
kids. Following that path had me help lead three ministries over the next 24
years with the administration and financial skills He has gifted me with. If He
had not directed…
Where would you be today
if you had married that one whom you knew deep down was not His choice? What
would have happened if He had not sent you the wisdom of another, to give you
scriptural advice in your decision?
If He had not closed
that door to the one job you thought you desperately needed, because He knew
you were to be at another, to bring His light into a dark place? Where would
you be now?
If the Lord had not enabled
you to escape that addiction gripping your life, whether it be drugs, alcohol,
pornography, anger? What sorry state would you still be in?
If Jesus had not saved
you from hell, your eternal life would end up there.
There are many
situations that the Lord has not only protected us from, but even more so are
the several times He has led us down the path of the narrow one. Those paths we have
taken, knowingly and unknowingly.
For all those times when He intervened, He
is worthy of our thankfulness and eternal love.
Now think on this,
Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People,
Inc.
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Now Think On This - In
the Year of our Lord 02.20.17 - #276 – “If He Had Not…” – Monday 9:30 am
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