How to View Life’s Circumstances
We want you to fully comprehend the fact that the events of life are not left to blind chance, but all come to us under the government and direction of a good and gracious God. To see the hand of God in every circumstance of life is the only correct view of life for the follower of the Lord. Open your Book to John 12:24-29. You will there read where God spoke in audible voice to Jesus. Some of those who heard it said that it thundered and others said it was an angel’s voice. There is a vast difference between thunder and the voice of an angel. There is also a vast difference in the way people accept the circumstances of life. Some hear nothing but thunder, while others hear an angel’s voice.
A mother had two bright, lovely little girls which were very dear to her. One afternoon both of these girls were brought home from the river where they had drowned. As the mother looked calmy into the faces of her silent dead, she said, “I see God wants all my heart and He shall have it.” Even in such circumstances as this she heard an angel’s voice. There is an angel’s voice in every circumstance of life. Dear Lord Jesus, help us all to listen for it.