"It's Hysterical"

"But Thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; Thou shalt have all the heathen in derision." (Psalms 59:8) I can't help it, I'm sorry; but you really have got to know that God does have a sense of humor. This is actually a pretty interesting verse, because it causes us to stop and consider something that is totally true and without a doubt going to happen: God wins! I mean really; how else can you possibly sum things up, because in the end, God always wins, He never loses! We cannot see the whole picture, so of course, we think that there is some kind of a struggle going on behind the scenes, and that somehow God is having to fight for the strings to pull, and that He needs our help to get things done. What God does with our participation, He does for our benefit, not for His, because He will always be glorified in the end. I think it is rather funny, but do you actually think that God is somehow losing the battle? I mean, I know things are getting way out of control; more and more churches are accepting gay leadership as okay, blessing gay marriage, and are somehow using love to justify their decisions; while at the same time, the life of an unborn child is being discarded, but the Spotted Owl is being protected. It is really not His plan, but He will use whatever we do, and He will reshape it into something that fits into His overall plan: God is the Master Designer of the universe, and you don't think He can fix something as screwed up as this tiny little planet? Now that, my dear friend, is hysterical! After those two guys schooled Jesus on "what things" had happened, Jesus schooled them on the truth, saying, "O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to entry into His glory?"; and then He went on to tell them all the Scriptures that spoke of Him and what He was to do (Luke 24:25-27). We see only a small portion of what is happening, a very small portion; and sometimes what we see does not appear to be all that good and pleasant, especially when it's something that we are living through; but if we only knew; if we could only see what God sees; maybe then we could learn to rejoice in our suffering, and stop complaining...
 "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting Him, He endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now He is seated in the place of honor beside God's throne. Think of all the hostility He endured from sinful people; then you won't become weary and give up. After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin." (Hebrews 12:1-4) NLT