The God Who Has the Power

Since my last entry, I have read Judges 5:7-11:4 and Acts 1:5-4:21. My favorite verses are:

Judges 6:31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.

Acts 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

God has power to control times and seasons. Baal did not have any power because he was not God. He could not defend himself against attack because he did not exist except in the form of helpless images. The true God who controls everything in the universe can and does defend Himself when He chooses to. But He often “lets nature take its course”; after all, He created the course of nature. He wants His children to acknowledge His power and to respect it. He also wants us to tell others about Him and to show by our lives that we trust Him to take care of our needs. We live by faith; we don’t need to know all the answers. God has the answers and reveals to us what He wants us to know when He wants us to know it.