"Alternate Realities"

 "I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth." (Ecclesiastes 10:7 KJV)

  "Then Pilate went back into his headquarters and called for Jesus to be brought to him. "Are you the king of the Jews?" he asked him. Jesus replied, "Is this your own question, or did others tell you about me?" "Am I a Jew?" Pilate retorted. "Your own people and their leading priests brought you to me for trial. Why? What have you done?" Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world."" (John 18:33-36 NLT)

 There is really so much more to this than what we might think. God's ways and purposes have been the same from the very beginning of time: they are His ways and for His purposes! There are so many things that don't quite fit the normal ways we most often expect, because if it is God's work that is being done, it is something extraordinary and seemingly what can't be done.

 As we read through the Scriptures, God will instruct His people to do things which they are capable of doing, like walking in a certain direction, with a certain oddity or condition; while it might seem rather strange and unorthodox, it is fulfilling a work or purpose that God is doing; whether for the present, or for a period of time down the road. Most of what God does through and by His children, may not be for their specific time, but for something they will never actually witness, here on this earth.

 I don't really understand why I am dealing with this certain trial, but I know that my Heavenly Father is allowing it to happen for my good! It's like a perfect storm: something that is happening, which really is just the right situation, taking place at just the right time, which in my reality, it is the worse situation, taking place at the absolute worse time. 

 But, nevertheless, the simple things which God will ask me to do, even if they might seem hard or unpleasant, or even, seemingly foolish; they will allow Him to do that which is extraordinary and seemingly, what can't be done...

"Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of people coming to look for him. Turning to Philip, he asked, "Where can we buy bread to feed all these people?" He was testing Philip, for he already knew what he was going to do. Philip replied, "Even if we worked for months, we wouldn't have enough money to feed them!" Then Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up. "There's a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?" "Tell everyone to sit down," Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. (The men alone numbered about 5,000.) Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people. Afterward he did the same with the fish. And they all ate as much as they wanted. After everyone was full, Jesus told his disciples, "Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is wasted." So they picked up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with scraps left by the people who had eaten from the five barley loaves." (John 6:5-13 NLT)