czapled posted on June 27, 2008 14:18
Someone asked me the other day if I believed in divine intervention. I think it was a rhetorical question. In my line of work, it would be a little inconsistent to NOT believe in divine intervention.
What I have come to believe about God’s intervention in my life is that it is often only in looking back that I see the hand of God. When I’m in the middle of a difficulty, I ask God to intervene – to step in and get me out of my problems. When I look back, I can see how God used the problem to intervene on my behalf.
Ultimately, God intervened in human history by sending His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for the sins of the world. He intervened in my life by bringing me to that grace so that I can say “Jesus died for my sins.” Do I believe in divine intervention? Absolutely – I am staking my life and my eternity on God’s intervention in Jesus Christ.
One other observation about divine intervention: God often works through one person to intervene in the life of another. A kind note lifts the spirits of someone who is quietly despairing over a private loss. A courteous act brightens someone’s day when they are tired. A word of hope brings grace into the life of someone who isn’t quite sure how or if God intervenes in the lives of people. Today, you may be the person that God uses to intervene in the world. I pray that you are.