The Divine Current

The line of providential leading begins in the invisible darkness of the womb and ends finally in the invisible domains of eternity.  In between it runs like a river.  Most of the times it runs unseen underground even though there are times when it breaks through the surface to become as clear and as visible as any river which runs its course from the birthing spring to the waiting ocean. Whether seen or unseen, visible or invisible, the plan of God is one which runs steadily forward as a part of the Creator's grand design to get us to the Home He started preparing for us at our conception.    

In Jeremiah 29:11 we hear the voice of God speaking as it says, "For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope."   And the Psalmist David spoke in eloquent poetry saying, "If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me fast."  (Psalm 139:9-10)   Those who think of life as a complex of coincidences, or a lottery of possibilities will find no support in the Holy Word for it speaks again and again of a Creator who not only creates, but also One who is actively involved in providing direction for the way forward.  

We are not just thrown out to fend for ourselves, but are meant to live within the caring and leading hands of the One who brought us into being.   While some might declare such a thelogical truth as proposterous, it is actually comforting and reassuring.  It is also something which calls us to sharpen our spiritual senses, to look for signs that the Creator places in our way, and to anticipate revealing light in the moments of darkness when the way forward seems impossible to see.  Each one of us stands and lives in that everflowing stream of God's plan and it is our faith that enables us to turn loose attempts at control that we might be moved from within by the divine current.