GOD IS IN CONTROL

"GOD IS IN CONTROL" is a common Pentecostal cliche, but is He actually "in control"?

 Yes He is in control when it comes to the things in the universe that He has set into motion. The way the planets revolve around the sun, the way the earth rotates on it's axis etc. He is in control of the seasons, and the rhythm of nature, etc.

God is also in control when we obey Him, when He tells us to do the following...

"Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you".

- 1 Peter 5:7

AND

"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths". Proverbs 3:5-6

AND

"Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved".

-Psalm 55:22

 But there are times when He is NOT exactly "in control". Those are the times when He wants to use US as His people to take control and authority over situations. He tells US to stand on His Word and take authority over demons, diseases, and circumstances, or when He tells US to speak to the storm and command it to be still. Those are the times when He takes control, but he does so through our obedience, our faith, our speaking His Name and His Word, and through our exercising our authority as believers.

NOT exercising this authority, or NOT standing in faith and in prayer, but passively sitting down, doing nothing, and just saying "God is in Control" means absolutely zero or nothing. All it does is to hand over control of our situation to the evil one.

 When God stirs us to pray, take authority and speak His Word, let us always respond to Him in faith. Let us stand strong and proclaim the victory of Jesus Christ over the devil. Let us cast our cares upon the Lord. That is when we hand over the reins to Him!

 When we stand strong in faith, we shall find that God is always there with us. He always moves with the man or woman who moves!

Originally posted on Facebook by Pastor Christopher Alam