To God be the Glory

God gets the glory, as He should in any situation, whether good or bad.

We’re still right smack in the middle of this crisis, and so far, we’re learning much from it and through it.

God is Good

First, as some of you have reminded us, God truly is good. I have never doubted that.

I am reminded of a story I read about when Max Lucado almost lost his daughter to drowning. They found her floating face down in a swimming pool, and after pulling her out, and administering CPR, she choked, coughed, and was revived. In that moment, Max whispered this prayer: “Thank you, God. You are so good.”

Afterwards, he got to thinking about it and wondered, “Would God still be good if my daughter had died?” Theologically, he knew the answer was “Yes.” But personally, he was not sure how he would have responded in such a situation. I am not sure how I would respond either if one of my daughters died.

Faith in a Crisis

But I have seen how my faith has performed in a much smaller crisis, and I am not proud of it. Nevertheless, through this crisis (which is nowhere near as desperate a crisis as some people face every day), Wendy and I have become more convinced than ever of the goodness of God.

It is He that is seeing us through. He has made Himself real to us in ways that cannot be experienced apart from crisis. It is He that is teaching us things about life, ministry, and caring for others that probably could not have been learned any other way. So, to God be the glory.

I will share some of these we are learning in the next couple posts. Of course, unless you’ve been through a crisis (whether a large one or a small one like ours), these posts probably won’t be helpful. Nevertheless, you are welcome to come along for the ride.

Here are the posts:

• From Crisis to Christless
• What we Can Learn from Non Christians
• When Facing a Crisis
• My…Yawn…Crisis