InTouch - March 2024

​Dear friends,

As I prepare our midweek meeting studies in the book of Habbakuk, I find Habbakuk’s frustration at why God does certain things resonates with me! Habbakuk was certainly not questioning the Sovereignty of God, he simply could not understand how a holy God could tolerate evil for such a long time. It’s a question that we all grapple with: why does a holy God allow injustice and evil to remain?

Of course, Habbakuk had to learn that God allows evil to remain to reveal the wickedness of the human heart, but also to show that God even uses wicked people to accomplish His purposes. See how Peter expresses this in Acts 2:23 when addressing the people on the Day of Pentecost, “This man was handed over to you by God’s set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross.” Here we see how God not only accomplishes His eternal decrees by using wicked men, but is able to triumph in it.

Joseph puts it perfectly in Genesis 50 v 20. He boasted about being Jacob’s favourite son; the brothers took matters into their own hands and what they did was far more evil than Joseph’s bragging. Yet when all was revealed Joseph said to them, “You meant evil, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.”

This gives us confidence in the sovereign plans of God, and therefore we can conclude with the Apostle Paul, “We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.” (Romans 8:28)

Yours in Christ
Pastor Tim