"God Alone"

"To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever." (Psalms 136:4)

  I came to the conclusion this morning that this is a one day at a time experience; because I know what I have heard, but there is only one verse I must address at a time. As I was reading this verse, I was reminded about a powerful king named Nebuchadnezzar, the king that thought he made his kingdom and all the wondrous things that were around him. It is very easy to get caught up in the world system, that which is the system that draws us into its power, thinking that we have some sort of power to control the world around us. Being in sales, I have seen first hand how motivational speakers try to make us think that we are the ones that control our own destinies. What a trap it is to be caught up in that line of thinking, because it is God alone that controls every single living thing! It took me some time to figure that out. I wish that it had happened much sooner and without such pain and suffering. To the point of great wonders, they are things that otherwise are considered hard or great; much like setting records or achieving things that are extraordinary, doing things that amaze. Funning thing about that word, amaze, because it also speaks to bewilderment; and like a maze, we get lost in the explanation of the accomplishment. It is kind of like the, 'Tower of Babel,' which God disrupted and needed to change the people's direction; talk about being lost in translation, no one could finish their conversations, let alone build a tower to heaven. When we read about the "Mystery Babylon" in Revelations 17 & 18, it is both a place and a system; the system is that which convinces that world of separated power, apart from God, apart from any higher authority, and able to great wonders on their own, without God's help or interference. Verse two of chapter seventeen says, "With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication." This fornication is not of a sexual manner, but that of idol worship, as in, the worship of the worldly system that she has set up; a system that not only crosses the line of committing abominations against God, but going against God and trying to over through His power over the earth. You don't think that sounds crazy? That is what power does to people, they can get really carried away with themselves, thinking that they have power, when the source of all the power is from God...

"Look here, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit." How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like a morning fog -it's here a little while, then it's gone. What you ought to say is, "If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that." Otherwise you are boasting about your own plans, and such boasting is evil. Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it." (James 4:13-17) NLT