Every day all kinds of things happen that we don't expect. We go to Starbucks for a latte and on our way out bump our hands on the door and spill our drink. We get on our bike for a ride and end up having to stop and change a flat tire. From our perspective life is full of surprises.
In Luke 22 Jesus told His disciples to go into the city and prepare for the Passover feast. They asked Him where He wanted them to prepare it. He then told them: "As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, and say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' He will show you a large upper room, all furnished. Make preparations there." (Luke 22:10-12)
I imagine that the disciples were amazed when everything unfolded exactly as Jesus said it would. Or maybe they weren't at this point, after three years of following Jesus. Earlier in the week Jesus had told them about a donkey that He would ride into Jerusalem. (Luke 19:30) By this time, then, they probably expected and weren't surprised to see the man carrying a jar of water.
This account is just one illustration of the fact that God, and His Son Jesus, knows everything. Nothing surprises God. This is of comfort to me when a not so pleasant surprise pops up in my life. I may not have seen it coming, but God did. I may not understand why He let a certain trial come my way, but I know it didn't happen because God wasn't paying attention, or worse yet, simply didn't know it was coming.
As your day unfolds, full of surprises, be confident that none of them is a surprise to God. He has a good purpose is everything that happens to us. And because He saw it coming before we ever got there, we can be confident that He can and will help us through whatever the circumstance may be.
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