day no. 15,558: while looking for the fine print, don't forget the headline

Psalm 115:3

Our God is in the heavens:

He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased.

Luke 12:54-56

And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

(The following was originally written a few days before Easter 2020 when the corona-monium seemed to be accelerating with each new press release.)

It stands to reason that many are asking, "What's going on?" To that, I say,

What is going on is what is always going on... God is sovereign and commanding all creation to acknowledge His Son as the one, true, Savior King by turning from wickedness in repentance and turning toward righteousness in faith. It isn't wrong to try and read the times, but there are wrong ways to read the times as Jesus points out in Luke 13. The problem isn't trying to read, but not knowing how to read. The lessons we can clearly observe in these days are that God is in the heavens and does as He pleases and that He has provided His Son as an acceptable sacrifice for our sins so that whether we live or die, we may live forever in the joy of our Master.

So while trying to read the fine print, don't forget the headline.

Luke 13:1-5

There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.