The other night while watching TV,
there was a commercial for a new, upcoming series about heinous acts
or intentions between married couples. I don't plan to watch it but
they used a song I remember from my childhood. Although sampled and
sung by someone else for the advertisement, it was Doris Day's
classic, called "Que Sera Sera." That's French for what
will be, will be. For a great amount of time in my life, I lived
loosely by the premise of that song... getting what I could get, as
fast as I could get it and trying to have as much fun as possible
while Que Sera Sera happened.
I concede that "what will be, will
be" is true because the Word does say in Romans 11:33-36 -- "Oh,
how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible
it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways! For who can
know the LORD’s thoughts? Who knows enough to give him advice? And
who has given him so much that he needs to pay it back. For
everything comes from him and exists by his power and is intended for
his glory. All glory to him forever! Amen."
But when the day came that I had a
wonderful, memorable encounter with the Word of God and His Presence,
then that changed the course of my life. No longer relevant and true
was another line in the song that said, "The future's not ours
to see." That is because I became an engrafted beneficiary of
the covenant promises of God found in Deuteronomy 28:1-13. We have a
Father who gives bountifully, pressed down, shaken together and
running over to His children.
As a child of the King, I no longer
have to walk in darkness regarding my future. His Word says in
Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NLT)-- "For I know the plans I have for
you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good and not for
disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you
pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find
me."
Even if life and its challenges
confront me, I can rest in His Word that says in Romans 8:28 (NLT)--"And we know that God causes
everything to work together for the good of those who love God and
are called according to his purpose for them."
When you learn and know that each day
you can be kept in and by the Kingdom God with the enabling
assistance of the Holy Spirit, you can "Cry out for insight, and
ask for understanding. Search for them as you would for silver; seek
them like hidden treasures. Then you will understand what it means to
fear the LORD, and you will gain knowledge of God."-- Proverbs
2:3-5 (NLT)
Your Que Sera Sera can and will be
orchestrated by the Lord Most High with the willing and yielded
participation of your mind, body, soul and spirit.
Christine Brooks Martin
Areli MediaWorks | 2014
Often I have heard people refer to God as a “crutch” and they use the word in a negative connotation. Sometimes it is to make light of the believer’s faith, trust and reliance on God, or give the impression that God relishes a following of zombie-like, dysfunctional people incapable of a significant life. Those who intend to mock us with usage of the word “crutch” fail to understand the utility and functionality of the crutch.
