BBD 08.30.16 Things Happen (Classic)
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Classic from 2009
Burning Bush Devotional
30 August 2016
Things
Happen
Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and
have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat
of it’: Cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the
days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, and
you shall eat the herb of the field.” - Genesis 3:17-18 NKJV.
As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one there is none who
understands; there is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside….” -
Romans 3:10-12a NKJV.
For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For
as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. - 1 Corinthians
15:21-22 NKJV.
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to
those who are the called according to His purpose. - Romans 8:28 NKJV.
This past week (2009) there was a freak accident in the
Strait of Hormuz. A U.S. submarine collided with a U.S. transport ship, the USS
New Orleans, and although the sub was fully submerged it was not deep enough to
avoid the large transport ship. Aboard the submarine, the USS Hartford, 15
sailors were injured; but were released to return to duty. This was the
nuclear-powered attack sub’s first deployment. Thankfully, there was no loss of
life, and no damage to the nuclear reactor; both vessels survived the incident,
although the collision did rupture one of the transport ship’s fuel tanks.
Accidents happen even with vessels whose captains and crews have received
enormous amounts of training, and that have substantial electronic
equipment available to help prevent collisions. It is likely that you have
personally experienced a vehicle accident of some type yourself. I have been
trying to remember the actual number of vehicle accidents I have been involved
in. When I was a child, I was in a vehicle that was involved in an accident. I
had three accidents while I was a teenager. Soon after I was married, I had
three accidents in about a year’s time while we were living in Oklahoma City. A
few years later I had another minor accident. In addition, I have been a
witness to at least four accidents, possibly more.
All of the accidents had some things in common in that they were sudden, they
were unpredictable, and they were painful at least psychologically if not
physically. Besides vehicle accidents, I really cannot remember the number of
times that I have been hurt physically in one way or another. I know it has
been many times, although never severely. You can add up in your own life the number
of accidents that you have had or seen others have, and know there is something
that is true about this place called Earth upon which we live. That truth is
that things happen, and although there are many good things that happen, there
are also many bad things that are happening around us all the time.
Why do bad things happen? In the Garden of Eden, there were no bad things that
happened, but that all changed when Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit. As
a result of their sin, all of creation was corrupted, and bad things began to
happen on Planet Earth. However, we have the promise of God that this will all
someday be corrected, as we are told of that time in Isaiah 11:9, “They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, for
the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the
sea.” In Revelation
21:4, we are told more of this time when
perfection will return to all of creation, “God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more
death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former
things have passed away.” Until then,
we have another promise of God for those who love Him, as we are told, “that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those
who are the called according to His purpose.”
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