GOD'S FAVOURABLE DETOUR

There can be no one ever like God. Yes, we were made in the image of God and can to a certain degree emulate his illustrious and majestic virtues however we can never have the heart that God has.
If you had the gift of foretelling the future, would you have done some of the things that you have done in your life? Let us say that you are able to see into the future that you aced all your papers and out of your celebration was knocked down by a car, will you pray to God to help you ace all your papers. Some might, but for the majority of us, I am sure the answer is an emphatic No!

This is exactly what happens and am sure it is more complex with God. He can tell what will happen to us in the next few hours and in the next thirty years. Yet we always insist that things should go our way. The gratification of the flesh has taken center stage in the lives of some people and instant gratification is all they ever seek for. Some unfortunately will go to the extend of questioning God's love for them. How heartbreaking it would be for your daughter to walk up to you one day and say " Do you really love me Dad? I believe that would be the most disheartening day of any parent and yet it is the same we do to our creator when we question His love.

God is Love. And even the atheists know and appreciate this, therefore, whatever it is God does, he does for our own good. He fashions out plans to ensure that we succeed in all our endeavours, but some of us will rather want to have things our own way and this is so so pathetic.

When certain unfortunate things happen to us, we have to appreciate the full impact of the act. Try to ask yourself what would have happened had that event not taken place in your life and maybe you will appreciate God's blessings in disguise. Some of the things that we christen bad may in many
cases be God's favourable detours to bring us good ultimately.

That is why the saying that there is a silver lining in every dark cloud could not have been more lucid, accurate and eternally correct in all respects.

That is not to say, you should accept your unfortunate state or embrace failure, remember the devil our adversary still walks around hunting and setting traps and sowing seeds of disobedience for God's Word in the hearts of the gullible. Therefore we have to be ever watchful, continually praying to keep the devil at bay.

If you forget everything in this piece, never forget that some of the seemingly bad things that happen to us are God's favourable detours for us to ultimately benefit. Also remember that in every dark cloud there is a silver lining. Try to look for and appreciate this silver lining my dear friend.