Dec 31, 2009
I'm Not God
I'm Not God (Michael Emadi)
Today I was reminded once again that I am not God. Those of you who are reading this are probably thinking, “well I could have told you that!” However, I’m not so sure that each of us, on a daily basis, do not think of ourselves as little gods. Too often we assume that what we have planned for the day is the decree of what shall be done. When we leave home to go to work, we just assume that we will actually make it there alive. And upon arriving at our destination we do not give God thanks or glory because we had already given an unchangeable decree that we shall go to work. Such repetitive activities of daily life often lack the thanks to God that we were actually able to complete them.
Today (Dec 30) in Utah it is a rather snowy day. I left home after eating lunch thinking that I will go straight to work because that is what I had planned. Roughly 100 yards from my exit I hit a sheet of ice on the freeway and slide right off the road. My car would have done a 180 if the front end of my car had not hit a snow bank off the side of the road. I was stuck for roughly half an hour with my car perpendicular to the freeway. As I sat in my car, I prayed that God would forgive me for thinking that I have the power to bring about my own will. I assumed I would get to work because that is what I wanted to do, however, I needed a reminder that God is God and I am not. Shortly thereafter a couple guys pulled up next to me and helped me out of the snow.
May we daily be thanking God that what we have planned to do for the day actually comes about.
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